Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Aug 23, 2018

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Child fed the same, more, or less fluid with diarrhea (B_DIAFLUIDUPDN)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1707

End: 1708

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

609. CHECK 464: EVER BREASTFED?

YES: Now I would like to know how much (NAME) was given to drink during the diarrhea including breast milk. Was (NAME) given less than usual to drink, about the same amount, or more than usual to drink?

NO: Now I would like to know how much (NAME) was given to drink during the diarrhea. Was (NAME) given less than usual to drink, about the same amount, or more than usual to drink?

IF LESS, PROBE: Was (NAME) given much less than usual to drink or somewhat less?

MUCH LESS 1
SOMEWHAT LESS 2
ABOUT THE SAME 3
MORE 4
NOTHING TO DRINK 5
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
10	Same
20	Increase
30	Decrease
31	Somewhat less
32	Much less
33	Nothing to drink
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, DIAFLUIDUPDN (H38) reports whether the child was given more, less, or the same amount of fluid as usual during the illness. Question wording differences limit the comparability of DIAFLUIDUPDN across samples; see Comparability.

concept

Concept

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

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