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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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Sep 19, 2018
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Child given recommended home solution with salt and sugar for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSOLUT)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1226
End: 1227
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
461. What was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

RECOMMENDED HOME FLUID A
TABLET OR SYRUP B
INJECTION C
(I.V.) INTRAVENOUS D
HOME REMEDIES/HERBAL MEDICINES E
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____________ X
Categories
Value Category
10 Yes
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
00 No
11 Yes, spontaneous
12 Yes, probed
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, DIAGIVSOLUT (H14) indicates whether the child was given a recommended homemade solution to treat this illness.

concept

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