Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998

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Reference ID

ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Amount children should be given to eat with diarrhea (B_DIASHOULDEAT)

Data file: ZAF1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 888

End: 888

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

458 Was he/she given the same amount of food to eat as before the diarrhea, or more, or less?

SAME 1
MORE 2
LESS 3
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
1	Less to eat
2	Same amount to eat
3	More to eat
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

DIASHOULDEAT (V449) reports the respondent's beliefs about the amount of food a child with diarrhea should be given (more, less, or same amount as usual).

concept

Concept

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

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