Demographic Health Survey 2005

Rwanda, 2005

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Reference ID

RWA-NISR-DHS-2005-v01

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

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Demography and Health Statistics

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Heard of oral rehydration (V416)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 11292

Valid (weighted): 11289.133

Invalid: 247

Invalid (weighted): 31.867

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 269

End: 269

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 2

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V13193

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?

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	Never heard of	2886	2839	25.1%
1	Used ORS	119	119	1.1%
2	Heard of ORS	8287	8331	73.8%
9		29	32
Sysmiss		218	0

Description

Universe

All eligible women

Source of information

Respondent

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

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.

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