Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Congo, Dem. Rep., 2007

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Reference ID

COD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministère du Plan [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et Macro International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Disposal of youngest child's stools (when not using toilet) (B_DISPOSESTOOL)

Data file: COD2007-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1038

End: 1039

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

485) What do you usually do with your (youngest) child's stools when he/she doesn't use the toilet?

CHILD USED TOILET OR LATRINE 01
PUT INTO TOILET OR LATRINE 02
PUT OUTSIDE DWELLING 03
PUT OUTSIDE OF COURTYARD 04
BURY IN COURTYARD 05
GETS RID OF IT BY WASHING IT WITH WATER 06
USES DISPOSABLE DIAPERS 07
USES WASHABLE DIAPERS 08
DOESN'T GET RID OF THEM 09
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 96

Categories

Value	Category
10	Always use toilet/latrine
20	Put/rinsed in place with water
21	Put/rinsed in toilet/latrine
22	Put/rinsed in drain or ditch
23	Rinsed away stools
30	Throw away somewhere
31	Throw outside the dwelling
32	Throw outside the yard
33	Throw into garbage
34	Left out in the open
40	Buried
50	Use disposable diapers
60	Use washable diapers
70	Other
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	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

DISPOSESTOOL (V465) reports how the respondent disposes of her youngest child's stools.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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