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Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 1996
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NPL_1996_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Known source of ORS: Traditional healer/practitioner (other) (B_ORSPRIVHL)

Data file: NPL1996-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 771
End: 771
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
472A. Where can you buy or obtain a packet of ORS like Jeevan Jal?
PROBE: Where else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

HOSP./DISTRICT CLINIC A
PRY./HEALTH CENTRE B
HEALTH/SUB-HEALTH POST C
MOBILE CLINIC D
FIELD WORKER E
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY)_________________________F

PRIVATE SECTOR

HOSPITAL G
CLINIC/NURSING HOME H
PHARMACY I
MOBILE CLINIC J
COMM. HEALTH WORKER K
OTHER PRIVATE (SPECIFY)________________________L

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP N
TRAD. PRACTITIONER O

OTHER (SPECIFY)_________________________________X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
ORSPRIVHL (V424T) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a traditional healer as a source for an oral rehydration solution (ORS).

ORS is a typically used to treat dehydration in individuals with diarrhea.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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