Demographic and Health Survey 2016

South Africa, 2016

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Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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NA - Blood in the stools (h11b)

Data file: REC4A

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Type: Discrete

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Width: 10

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Questions and instructions

Question pretext

All living children born in the last five years for H11 (B19 < 60 and B5 = 1), and children having an episode of diarrhea in the last two weeks (H11 = 1 or H11 = 2) for H11B to H21.

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Notes

Diarrhea - Whether there was any blood in the stools. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.

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