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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1999
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TZA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child given soup for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSOUP)

Data file: TZA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 957
End: 957
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
475. Was he/she given any of the following:

Breast milk?
Uji or soup?
Rice water, coconut milk or fruit juice?
A fluid made from a special packet called ORS or maji ya dawa kwa mtoto anayeharisha?
Fresh or tinned milk it infant formula?
Water?
Coke, tea, soda?
Nothing to drink?

BREAST MILK

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

UJI/SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

RICE WATER, COCONUT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ORS PACKET

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

MILK/FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

COKE, TEA, SODA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NOTHING TO DRINK

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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, DIAGIVSOUP indicates whether the child was given soup, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids given during the illness.

concept

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