Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Sierra Leone, 2010

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Reference ID

SLE_2010_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

United Nations Children’s Fund, Statistics Sierra Leone

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Jan 23, 2013

Last modified

Sep 26, 2013

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Pre-packaged ORS fluid for diarrhoea (CA4B)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 1392

Invalid: 7406

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 123

End: 123

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:
A pre-packaged ORS fluid for diarrhoea?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	240	17.2%
2	No	1087	78.1%
8	DK	37	2.7%
9	Missing	28	2%

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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