Definition
For children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIATRNM1 indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment from a private hospital. This response category is country-specific to Namibia.
Some samples in the "DIATR" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.
DIATRNM1 is combined with DIATRNM2 (Private clinic) in DIATRPRIVHOS (all private hospitals and clinics) for the 2013 Namibia sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using DIATRNM1 are encouraged to review DIATRPRIVHOS for a more comprehensive response category.