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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997
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MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Getting sicker or very sick (B_DIATRSICKER)

Data file: MDG1997-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 800
End: 800
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
467. When a child suffers from diarrhea, what are the signs/symptoms that let you know he/she should be brought to a health center or a health care professional?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

REPEATED LIQUID STOOLS A
LIQUID STOOLS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
VOMITING D
BLOOD IN STOOL E
FEVER F
PRONOUNCED THIRST G
DOESN'T EAT/DRINK WELL H
BECOMES MORE SICK/VERY SICK I
DOESN'T GET BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, getting sicker
8 Missing
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
DIATRSICKER indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that the child getting sicker or being very sick from diarrhea indicated s/he should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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