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Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009
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WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1
Producer(s)
Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health
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Heard of oral rehydration (Samoa: via masima) (V416)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 514
End: 514
Width: 1
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 Never heard of
1 Used ORS
2 Heard of ORS
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
Whether the respondent has heard of the special-named oral rehydration product for treating children with diarrhea. This variable is coded 1 if the respondent had used the ORS product to treat a child in the previous two weeks, 2 if the respondent had heard of the ORS product.
Universe
All respondents.
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