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Demographic and Health Survey 1988-1989 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1988 - 1989
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UGA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Department of Geography (Makerere University), Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (Makerere University) [Uganda] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: UGA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 690
End: 691
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
424G) What fluids did you give?

HOME SOLUTION OF SALT, SUGAR, WATER 1
ORS PACKET SOLUTION 2 (GO TO 424I)
FRUIT JUICE 3 (GO TO 424M)
TEA OR SOUP 4 (GO TO 424M)
SYRUPS 5 (GO TO 424M)
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ 6 (GO TO 424M)
Categories
Value Category
10 No
20 Yes
21 Yes, ORS - spontaneous
22 Yes, ORS - probed
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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, DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a sugar-salt-water solution or oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat this illness.

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