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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1993
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Reference ID
BFA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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May 01, 2020
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Known source for ORS: Public health post (B_ORSPUBHP)

Data file: BFA1993-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 715
End: 715
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
488. Where can you obtain the ORS packet? Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL RESPONSES.

PUBLIC SECTOR

HOSPITAL A
MEDICAL CENTER B
CSPS C
SMI D
DISPENSARY E
PSP F
COMMUNITY PHARMACEUTICAL DEPOT G

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE DOCTOR'S OFFICE H
PHARMACY I
NURSE'S OFFICE J
RELIGIOUS DISPENSARY K

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

TRADITIONAL HEALER L
RELATIVE/NEIGHBOR/FRIEND M

OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ N

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488. Where can you obtain the ORS packet? Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL RESPONSES.

PUBLIC SECTOR

HOSPITAL A
MEDICAL CENTER B
CSPS C
SMI D
DISPENSARY E
PSP F
COMMUNITY PHARMACEUTICAL DEPOT G

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE DOCTOR'S OFFICE H
PHARMACY I
NURSE'S OFFICE J
RELIGIOUS DISPENSARY K

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

TRADITIONAL HEALER L
RELATIVE/NEIGHBOR/FRIEND M

OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ N
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
ORSPUBHP (V424C) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the woman reported a public health post as a source for oral rehydration solution (ORS).

ORS is a typically used to treat dehydration in individuals with diarrhea.

Some samples in the "ORS" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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