Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Angola, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

AGO_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Angola], Ministério da Saúde (MINSA) [Angola], Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) [Angola] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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May 01, 2020

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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Child given pre-packaged ORS liquid for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVPPLORS)

Data file: AGO2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1662

End: 1662

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

612) Was (NAME) given any of the following to drink at any time since (NAME) started having the diarrhea:

a) A fluid made from a special packet called Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)?
b) A pre-packaged ORS liquid?
c) A homemade sugar-salt-water solution?
d) Iron tablets or syrup?
e) Rice water?

A) FLUID FROM ORS PACKET

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

B) ORS LIQUID

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

C) HOMEMADE FLUID

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

D) IRON

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

E) RICE WATER

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

DIAGIVPPLORS (H13B) indicates whether the young child was given a pre-packaged oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat a recent episode of diarrhea.

The related variable DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a fluid made from a special ORS packet.

concept

Concept

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

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