Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2004

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Reference ID

MWI_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: MWI2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1690

End: 1691

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

478. Was he/she given fluid to drink made from a special packet called THANZI-ORS?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

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)

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, 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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