Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998

Get Microdata

Reference ID

ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

May 01, 2020

Last modified

May 14, 2020

Page views

45837

Child given other liquids for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHLIQ)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1082

End: 1082

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

459 When (NAME) had diarrhea, was he/she given any of the following to drink:
A fluid, made from a special rehydration packet?
Thin watery porridge?
Soup?
Home-made sugar-salt-water solution?
Milk or infant formula?
Yoghurt-based drink?
Black Tea?
Water?
Coke?
Any other liquid?

FLUID FROM ORS PKT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

THIN WATERY

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

PORRIDGE

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

SUG.-SALT-WAT. SOL

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MILK/INFANT FORM

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

YOGHURT-BASED DR

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

BLACK TEA

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

COKE

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

OTHER LIQUID

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVOTHLIQ indicates whether the child was given some "other" liquid, in response to a yes/no question about liquids given during the illness. The meaning of "other liquid" depends on the types of liquids specified in a given survey.

concept

Concept

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

Back to Catalog