Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999

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Reference ID

NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., 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 water for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVWATER)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1231

End: 1231

Width: 1

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 made from a special packet called "ORT"?
Thin watery gruel made from [RICE OR OTHER LOCAL GRAIN, TUBER, PLANTAIN]?
Soup?
Home-made sugar-salt-water solution?
Milk or infant formula?
Yoghurt-based drink?
Water?
Any other liquid?

FLUID FROM ORS PKT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

THIN WATERY GRUEL

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SUG.-SALT-WAT. SOL.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

MILK/INFANT FORM.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

YOGHURT-BASED DR.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

OTHER LIQUID

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVWATER indicates whether the child was given water, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids and watery food given during the illness.

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Concept

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

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