Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996

Reference ID

BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: BEN1996-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1214

End: 1215

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

459) When (NAME) had diarrhea, was he/she given any of the following to drink:

A fluid made from a special packet called ORS/ORASEL?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Thin watery gruel made from (rice or other local grain, manioc, potato, yam, etc.)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

A puree made with (rice or other local grain, manioc, potato, yam, etc.)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Soup?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Homemade sugar-salt-water solution?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Milk or infant formula?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Yogurt-based drink?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Water?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Any other liquids?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
10	No
20	Yes
21	Yes, ORS - spontaneous
22	Yes, ORS - probed
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a sugar-salt-water solution or oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat this illness.

concept

Concept

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

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