Demographic and Health Survey, 2003
Fourth Round
Nigeria, 2003
Reference ID
NGA-NPC-DHS-2003-v1.0
Producer(s)
National Population Commission (NPC)
Metadata
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Heard of oral rehydration (V416)
Data file: Woman
Overview
Valid:
7546
Invalid:
439
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
383
End:
383
Width:
1
Range:
0 - 2
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Was he/she given any of the following to drink at any time since he/she started having the diarrhea: A fluid made from a special packet called [LOCAL NAME FOR ORS PACKET]? A pre-packaged ORS liquid? OR Have you ever heard of a special product called [LOCAL NAME FOR ORS PACKET] or a pre-packaged ORS liquid you can get for the treatment of diarrhea?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Never heard of | 3367 |
44.6%
|
| 1 | Used ors | 160 |
2.1%
|
| 2 | Heard of ors | 4019 |
53.3%
|
| 9 | Missing | 74 | |
| Sysmiss | 365 |
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
Universe
All eligible women
Source of information
Respondent
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
Set to 1 if the respondent has used ORS packets; set to 2 if the respondent has only heard of ORS packets; set to missing if the respondent did not answer this last question; otherwise, set to 0.