Demographic and Health Survey 1995-1996 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1995 - 1996

Reference ID

MLI_1995_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante', de la Solidarite' et de Personnes Agees (CPS/MSSPA) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 01, 2020

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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Other (B_DIATROTHER)

Data file: MLI1995-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 878

End: 878

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

467. When a child has diarrhea, what are the symptoms that indicate that he/she should be taken to a health establishment or to health care workers?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

REPEATED LIQUID STOOLS A
LIQUID STOOLS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
VOMITING D
BLOOD IN THE STOOLS E
FEVER F
CONSIDERABLE THIRST G
DOESN'T EAT/DOESN'T DRINK ENOUGH H
BECOMES MORE/VERY SICK I
DOESN'T GET BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY)__X
DOESN'T KNOW Z

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes, other
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

DIATROTHER (V450X) indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, some "other" indication that a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific responses included for a given survey.

concept

Concept

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

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