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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999
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NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given gruel for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVGRUEL)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1233
End: 1233
Width: 1
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 "ORT"?
Thin watery gruel made from [RICE OR OTHER LOCAL GRAIN, TUBER, PLANTAIN]?
Soup?
Home-made sugar-salt-water solution?
Milk or infant formula?
Yoghurt-based drink?
Water?
Any other liquid?

FLUID FROM ORS PKT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

THIN WATERY GRUEL

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SUG.-SALT-WAT. SOL.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

MILK/INFANT FORM.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

YOGHURT-BASED DR.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

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, DIAGIVGRUEL indicates whether the child was given gruel or similar foods, 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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