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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given pre-packaged ORS liquid for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVPPLORS)

Data file: BEN2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1690
End: 1690
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
522) 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 packet called [local name for ORS packet]?
b) A pre-packaged ORS liquid?
c) A government-recommended homemade fluid?

ORS PACKET

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ORS LIQUID

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

HOMEMADE FLUID

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
DIAGIVPPLORS (H13B) indicates whether the young child was given a pre-packaged oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat a recent episode of diarrhea.

The related variable DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a fluid made from a special ORS packet.

concept

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