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Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012
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Reference ID
LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund
Collection(s)
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
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Fluid from special packet (oralyte) (CA4A)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 1169
Invalid: 10089
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 131
End: 131
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During the episode of diarrhoea, was (name) given to drink any of the following:
[A] A fluid made from a special packet called (oralyte/Nam Tha Lay Phoun)?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 408
34.9%
2 No 754
64.5%
8 DK 5
0.4%
9 Missing 2
0.2%
Sysmiss 10089
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.
Interviewer instructions
We want to know if and what type of oral rehydration solution (ORS) the child took during the last episode of diarrhoea.

Ask each question separately: “Was (name) given a fluid made from a special packet called (local name for ORS packet solution)?, Was (name) given a pre-packaged ORS fluid for diarrhoea?” and so forth. Read each item aloud and circle the code corresponding to the response before proceeding to the next item.

Description

Source of information
The mother or caretaker of the child under five.
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