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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1998 - 1999
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IND_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Heard of ORS for diarrhea treatment (B_DIATRORSHEARD)

Data file: IND1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 703
End: 704
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
482. Have you ever heard of a special product called (LOCAL TERM FOR ORS) you can get for the treatment of diarrhoea?
IF SHE NEVER HEARD OF ORS, SHOW GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL ORS PACKETS AND ASK: Have you ever seen a packet like one of these before?

YES, WITHOUT SHOWING PACKETS 1
YES, AFTER SHOWING PACKETS 2
NO 3
Categories
Value Category
10 No
20 Yes
21 Used ORS
22 Heard of ORS
23 Recognized ORS packet
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
DIATRORSHEARD (V416) indicates whether the woman ever heard of using an oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat diarrhea. ORS generally consists of drinking water with the addition of sugar and salt (in a homemade solution) or a commercial mixture of salt, glucose, potassium chloride, and sodium bicarbonate added to clean water.

concept

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