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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998
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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given homemade sugar-salt-water solution for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSUGSALT)

Data file: GHA1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1203
End: 1203
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

FLUID FROM ORS PACKET A
RECOMMENDED HOME FLUID B
PILL OR SYRUP C
INJECTION D
(I.V.) INTRAVENOUS E
SUGAR-SALT-WATER SOL. F
HOME REMEDIES/HERBAL MEDICINES G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
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, DIAGIVSUGSALT indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given a homemade sugar-salt-water solution to treat this illness.

concept

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