Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

St. Lucia, 2012

Reference ID

LCA_2012_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment, Central Statistics Office, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Govt. recommended homemade fluid X (CA4C)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 20

Invalid: 280

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 125

End: 125

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:
Salt, sugar and water with or without fresh fruit juice?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	5	25%
2	No	15	75%
8	DK	0	0%
9	Missing	0	0%
Sysmiss		280

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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