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Demographic and Health Survey 1991-92 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1991 - 1992
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Reference ID
TZA_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child given home remedy or herbal medicine for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVHERB)

Data file: TZA1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1014
End: 1014
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

FLUID FROM ORS PACKET A
RECOMMENDED HOME '?FLUID'* B
ANTIBIOTIC PILL OR SYRUP C
OTHER PILL OR SYRUP D
INJECTION E
DRIP F
HOME REMEDIES/HERBAL MEDICINES G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ H

*RECOMMENDED HOME FLUID MADE FROM SUGAR, SALT AND WATER AND/OR CEREAL OR THIN PORRIDGE.
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, DIAGIVHERB (H15D) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given home remedies or herbal medicines to treat this illness.

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