Demographic and Health Survey 2016

South Africa, 2016

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ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Diarrhea: medical treatment (h12z)

Data file: REC4A

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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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

Whether the child was taken to a medical facility for treatment of the diarrhea. This usually includes being taken to all Public Sector facilities and all Medical Private Sector facilities except for Pharmacy. This variable is a summary of these preceding variables as is used in the final reports.

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