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Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997
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BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given water for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVWATER)

Data file: BGD1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1009
End: 1009
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
459. When (NAME) had diarrhea, was he or she given any of the following to drink:

A fluid made from a special saline packet?

YES 1
NO 2
DOES NOT KNOW 8

Home-made sugar-salt-water solution (laban gur)?

YES 1
NO 2
DOES NOT KNOW 8

Water?

YES 1
NO 2
DOES NOT KNOW 8

Any other liquids?

YES 1
NO 2
DOES NOT 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, DIAGIVWATER indicates whether the child was given water, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids and watery food given during the illness.

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