Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 1997

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Reference ID

MOZ_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estatística [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: MOZ1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1126

End: 1127

Width: 2

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 called 'Mixture' (salts ORS)?
Thin watery gruel made from rice?
Soup?
Homemade sugar-salt-water solution?
Traditional medicines such as herbal or root teas?
Infant formula?
Tea, juices, coconut water?
Water?
Any other liquids?

ORS MIXTURE

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

RICE GRUEL

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

SUGAR-SALT WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

TRADITIONAL MEDICINE/HERBAL OR ROOT TEA

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

INFANT FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

TEA, JUICE, OR COCONUT WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

OTHER LIQUIDS

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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