Home / Central Data Catalog / ZWE_2005_DHS_V01_M_V02_A_IPUMS / variable [C]
central

Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2005 - 2006
Get Microdata
Reference ID
ZWE_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Sep 19, 2018
Last modified
Sep 19, 2018
Page views
104835

Child given other liquids for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHLIQ)

Data file: ZWE2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1815
End: 1815
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
532) Was he/she given any of the following to drink at any time since he/she started having the diarrhea:

a. An ORS satchet?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b. A homemade sugar-salt-water solution (SSS)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

c. Any other liquid?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVOTHLIQ indicates whether the child was given some "other" liquid, in response to a yes/no question about liquids given during the illness. The meaning of "other liquid" depends on the types of liquids specified in a given survey.

concept

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