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Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2007
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BGD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child given recommended home solution with salt and sugar for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSOLUT)

Data file: BGD2007-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1253
End: 1254
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
518) Was he/she given any of the following to drink at any time since he/she started having the diarrhea:
a) A fluid made from a special saline packet
b) Homemade sugar-salt-water solution (laban gur)?
c) Zinc Syrup?
d) Zinc tablets?

FLUID FROM ORS PACKET

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

LABAN GUR

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ZINC SYRUP

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ZINC

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
10 Yes
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
00 No
11 Yes, spontaneous
12 Yes, probed
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
For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVSOLUT (H14) indicates whether the child was given a recommended homemade solution to treat this illness.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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