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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Days child fed plain water in past week (C_FEDWATERWKD)

Data file: BEN1996-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1141
End: 1142
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
438) On how many days during the last seven days was (NAME) given any of the following:
RECORD NUMBER OF DAYS. IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD 8.

Plain water?

NUMBER OF DAYS__

Any kind of milk (other than breastmilk)?

NUMBER OF DAYS__

Liquids other than plain water or milk (herbal tea, juice, sugar water, etc'?)?

NUMBER OF DAYS__

Food made from (corn, millet, bread, sorghum, soy)?

NUMBER OF DAYS__

Food made from (yam, manioc)?

NUMBER OF DAYS__

Eggs, fish, or poultry?

NUMBER OF DAYS__

Meat?

NUMBER OF DAYS__

Any other solid or semi-solid foods?

NUMBER OF DAYS__
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
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
FEDWATERWKD (M40A) reports how many days, out of the past seven days, the child drank plain water. This variable is a characteristic of the child.

The related variable MAFEDWATERWKD (V470A) reports how many days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child water during the previous seven days.

The related variable FEDWATER24H (M37A) indicates whether the child drank plain water in the previous 24 hours. FEDWATER24HX reports the number of times the child drank plain water in the previous 24 hours.

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Days child fed foods in past week Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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