Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998

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Reference ID

NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

CARE International [Niger] 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: NER1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1228

End: 1229

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

459) When (NAME) had diarrhea, was s/he given any of the following things:

A liquid prepared from a special packet called ORS?
A light broth made from rice?
Soup or puree?
Salt - sugar water?
Tree bark tea?
Milk or baby formula?
Yogurt based drink?
Tea made from guava or papaya tree leaves?
Water?
Any other liquid?

ORS

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

LIGHT BROTH

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SALT/SUGAR WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

BARK TEA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

MILK/BABY FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

YOGURT DRINK

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

GUAVA/PAPAYA TEA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

OTHER LIQUIDS

YES 1
NO 2
DON'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.

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Concept

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

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