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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1996
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ZMB_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Health [Zambia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Repeated watery stools (B_DIATRREPWATERY)

Data file: ZMB1996-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 879
End: 879
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
467. When a child is sick with diarrhea, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

REPEATED WATERY STOOLS A
ANY WATERY STOOLS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
ANY VOMITING D
BLOOD IN STOOLS E
FEVER F
MARKED THIRST G
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL H
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK I
NOT GETTING BETTER J
SUNKEN EYES K
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____________ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, repeated watery stools
8 Missing
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
DIATRREPWATERY indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that repeated watery stools indicated a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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