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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: IND2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1921
End: 1922
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
525. Was (he/she) given any of the following to drink at any time since (he/she) started having the diarrhoea:

a. A fluid made from a special packet called (LOCAL NAME FOR ORS PACKET)?
b. Gruel made from nice (OR OTHER LOCAL GRAIN)?

FLUID FROM ORS PACKET

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

GRUEL

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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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