Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997

Reference ID

MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1139

End: 1140

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

A liquid prepared from a special packet called ORS/ODIVA?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

A light broth made from [RICE OR OTHER GRAIN, TUBER, PLANTAIN]?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Soup?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Homemade water-salt-sugar solution (SSS)?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Carbonated beverage other than Coca-cola?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Milk or baby formula?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Coca-cola?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Water?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Any other liquid?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
10	No
20	Yes
21	Yes, ORS - spontaneous
22	Yes, ORS - probed
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a sugar-salt-water solution or oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat this illness.

concept

Concept

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

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