Percentage of women with a live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey who know about ORS packets or ORS pre-packaged liquids for treatment of diarrhea.
Coverage:
Population base: Women with one or more live births in the 5 years preceding the survey (IR
file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerator: Number of women with a live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey who know about oral rehydration salts (ORS) packets or ORS pre-packaged liquids (v208 > 0 & v416 in 1,2)
Denominator: Number of women with a live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey (v208 > 0)
Variables: IR file.
|
v208 |
Births in the last five years |
|
v416 |
Heard of oral rehydration |
|
v005 |
Women’s individual sample weight |
For percentage, the numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.
“Don’t know” or missing responses on whether heard of or used ORS are excluded from the numerator, assuming that the respondent does not know about ORS.
Beginning in DHS-8, this is no longer collected because knowledge of ORS among women is universally high.
API Indicator IDs:
CH_KORS_W_ORS