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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given antibiotic injection for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVINJANTIB)

Data file: IND2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1699
End: 1699
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
531. What (else) was given to treat the diarrhoea?
Anything else?
RECORD ALL TREATMENTS GIVEN.

PILL OR SYRUP

ANTIBIOTIC A
ANTIMOTILITY B
ZINC C
OTHER (NOT ANTIBIOTIC, ANTIMOTILITY, OR ZINC) D
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP E

INJECTION

ANTIBIOTIC F
NON-ANTIBIOTIC G
UNKNOWN INJECTION H

INTRAVENOUS (IV) I
HOME REMEDY/ HERBAL MEDICINE J
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ X
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, DIAGIVINJANTIB (H15B) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given an antibiotic injection to treat this illness.

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