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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: Other (W_DIATROTHER)

Data file: MDG1997-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2078
End: 2078
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, other
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
DIATROTHER (V450X) indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, some "other" indication that a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific responses included for a given survey.

concept

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