Description

DIATRABPAIN indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that abdominal pain 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

DIATRABPAIN has no comparability problems.

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. DIATRABPAIN is a country-specific response category.

Universe