Codes and Frequencies
Description
DIATRWEAK indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that weakness indicated a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment. This response did not appear on the survey form, but rather was constructed from written-in "other" responses.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Apart from slight differences in question wording, DIATRWEAK is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
An open-ended questions about signs of diarrheal disease that indicate the child should be taken to a health facility is included in Phase III of the standard DHS questionnaire. DIATRWEAK is a country-specific response category.
Comparability — Chad [top]
The 1996 Chad sample includes "Become weak or very tired" as a write-in response category.
Universe
- Benin 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Cameroon 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Chad 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Togo 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 1996: All women age 15-49.
