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Demographic and Health Survey 1991-92 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1991 - 1992
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TZA_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Known source for ORS: Private pharmacy, drug store, or dispensary (B_ORSPRIVDRUG)

Data file: TZA1991-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 680
End: 680
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
491. Where can you get (LOCAL NAME) packet?
PROBE: Anywhere else?
CIRCLE ALL PLACES MENTIONED.

GOVERNMENT AND PARASTATAL

HOSPITAL A
HEALTH CENTRE B
DISPENSARY C
PARASTATAL HOSP/CLINIC D
VILLAGE HEALTH POST/WORKER E

MEDICAL PRIVATE SECTOR

RELIGIOUS ORG. HOSP/CLINIC F
PRIVATE DOCTOR/HOSP/CLINIC G
PHARMACY/MEDICAL STORE H

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

SHOP I
TRADITIONAL PRACTIONER J
NEIGHBORS/RELATIVES K

OTHER (SPECIFY) _________________ L
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
ORSPRIVDRUG (V424K) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a private pharmacy, drug store, or dispensary as a source for oral rehydration solution (ORS).

ORS is a typically used to treat dehydration in individuals with diarrhea.

Some samples in the "ORS" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

For example, a given sample might include multiple categories for different types of private, formal drug vendors that could be combined to create a more comprehensive response category. See Comparability for more information on the specific categories combined in ORSPUBHC.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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