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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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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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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Any vomiting (C_DIATRANYVOMIT)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 895
End: 895
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
467 When a child is sick with diarrhea, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED. DO NOT PROBE

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
SUNKEN FONTANELLE K
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________________________ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, any vomiting
8 Missing
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
DIATRANYVOMIT indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that any vomiting indicated a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

concept

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