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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Aug 15, 2018

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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Other (C_DIATROTHER)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 804

End: 804

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

467. When a child suffers from diarrhea, what are the signs/symptoms that let you know he/she should be brought to a health center or a health care professional?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

REPEATED LIQUID STOOLS A
LIQUID STOOLS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
VOMITING D
BLOOD IN STOOL E
FEVER F
PRONOUNCED THIRST G
DOESN'T EAT/DRINK WELL H
BECOMES MORE SICK/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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