Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1996

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Reference ID

TZA_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Other (W_DIATROTHER)

Data file: TZA1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2194

End: 2194

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

467. When a child is sick with diarrhea, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

REPEATED WATERY STOOLS A
ANY WATERY STOOLS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
ANY VOMITING D
BLOOD IN STOOLS E
FEVER F
MARKED THIRST G
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL H
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK I
NOT GETTING BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____________ X
DON'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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