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Demographic and Health Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1995
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UGA_1995_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Marked thirst (W_DIATRTHIRST)

Data file: UGA1995-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2158
End: 2158
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
470) When should a child who is sick with diarrhea be taken to a health worker or health facility?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

REPEATED WATERY STOOLS A
ANY WATERY STOOLS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
ANY VOMITING D
BLOOD IN STOOLS E
FEVER F
MARKED THIRST G
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL H
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK I
NOT GETTING BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ X
DOES NOT KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, marked thirst
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
DIATRTHIRST (V450G) indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that marked thirst indicated a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

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