Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Disposal of youngest child's stools (when not using toilet) (C_DISPOSESTOOL)

Data file: NAM2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1103

End: 1104

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

574. The last time (NAME OF YOUNGEST CHILD) passed stools, what was done to dispose of the stools?

CHILD USED TOILET OR LATRINE 01
PUT/RINSED INTO TOILET OR LATRINE 02
PUT/RINSED INTO DRAIN OR DITCH 03
THROWN INTO GARBAGE 04
BURIED 05
LEFT IN THE OPEN 06
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 96

Categories

Value	Category
10	Always use toilet/latrine
20	Put/rinsed in place with water
21	Put/rinsed in toilet/latrine
22	Put/rinsed in drain or ditch
23	Rinsed away stools
30	Throw away somewhere
31	Throw outside the dwelling
32	Throw outside the yard
33	Throw into garbage
34	Left out in the open
40	Buried
50	Use disposable diapers
60	Use washable diapers
70	Other
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	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

DISPOSESTOOL (V465) reports how the respondent disposes of her youngest child's stools.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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