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Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2012 - 2013
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PAK_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given recommended home solution with salt and sugar for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSOLUT)

Data file: PAK2012-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1489
End: 1490
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
520) Was he/she given any of the following to drink at any time since he/she has started having the diarrhea:

FLUID MADE FROM A SPECIAL PACKET CALLED NIMKOL/ORS?


YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

A DRINK MADE AT HOME WITH SUGAR, SALT, AND WATER?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
10 Yes
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
00 No
11 Yes, spontaneous
12 Yes, probed
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, DIAGIVSOLUT (H14) indicates whether the child was given a recommended homemade solution to treat this illness.

concept

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