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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1997
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SEN_1997_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Prévision et de la Statistique du Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et du Plan [Senegal] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Blood in stools (W_DIATRBLOODST)

Data file: SEN1997-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1924
End: 1924
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
488C. In your opinion, what signs indicate that you must bring a child who has diarrhea to a health establishment?
CIRCLE THE CORRESPONDING CODES TO THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSES.

VERY LIQUID STOOL A
REPEATED VOMITING B
INTENSE THIRST C
DOES NOT EAT/DRINK WELL D
FEVER E
BLOOD IN STOOL F
DOES NOT GET BETTER G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ H
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, blood in stools
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
DIATRBLOODST (V450E) indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, blood in stools indicated a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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