Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1998

Reference ID

KEN_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Council for Population and Development [Kenya], Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Child given gruel for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVGRUEL)

Data file: KEN1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1209

End: 1209

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

459. When (NAME) had diarrhea, was he/she given any of the following to drink:

A fluid made from a special packet called ORALITE or ORS?
Thin watery porridge made from maize, rice or wheat? (Ugi)
Soup?
Home-made sugar-salt-water solution?
Milk or infant formula?
Yoghurt-based drink?
Water?
Any other liquids?

FLUID FROM ORS PKT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

THIN WATERY GRUEL

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

SUG.-SALT-WAT. SOL

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MILK/INFANT FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

YOGHURT-BASED DR

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

OTHER LIQUID

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVGRUEL indicates whether the child was given gruel or similar foods, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids and watery food given during the illness.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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