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Demographic and Health Survey 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1986
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Reference ID
SEN_1986_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Direction de la Statistique du Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances [Senegal] and Institute for Resource Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Response if child gets diarrhea: Other (W_DIASHDOTH)

Data file: SEN1986-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1445
End: 1445
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
431. If one or your children had a case of acute diarrhea, how would you treat it?

ORS 1
SUGAR, SALT, WATER SOLUTION 1
RICE BROTH 1
POTATO PUREE 1
HOSPITAL, PMI, FREE CLINIC 1
BAOBAB FRUIT 1
MEDICINAL PLANTS 1
GANIDAN, SYRUP AND OTHER PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 1
OTHER 1
DOESN'T KNOW 1
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
DIASHDOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported she would do some other thing if her child had diarrhea. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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