Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2005

Reference ID

EGY_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Population [Egypt], National Population Council [Egypt], El-Zanaty and Associates, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Mother fed youngest child baby formula in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDFORM24H)

Data file: EGY2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1493

End: 1493

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1202) As part of this study, we are also looking at the nutrition of mothers and children. To help us understand these issues, I will first ask you about what (NAME FROM 1201) may have drank or eaten yesterday during the day or at night. Then I will also ask you about what you may have eaten or drunk yesterday.

1203) First I would like to ask you about liquids/foods (NAME FROM 1201) had yesterday during the day or at night.

Did (NAME FROM 1201) have:

a. Plain water?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b. Infant formula, that is, a special commercially produced breastmilk substitutes such as Similac, Bebelack and Biomeal?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

c. Any commercially fortified baby cereal (like Cerelac, or Riri or c COMMERCIAL BABY Gerber)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

d. Other porridge or gruel made from wheat, rice or other grains?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

MAFEDFORM24H (V411F) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula during the previous day, either at night or during the daytime. This variable describes a characteristic of the mother rather than the child.

Although the question wording asks about foods given to a specific child during the previous day, responses relate to the mother, so all young children of the mother are coded the same way. If the mother reported she gave her youngest surviving child infant formula in the previous day, all of her children in the data are coded as "yes," including any children who have died or who live elsewhere.

A positive response in MAFEDFORM24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother drank infant formula during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDFORM24H (M37F) to determine whether the child drank infant formula during the previous day. See Comparability.

The related variable MAFEDFORM24HX (V469F) reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDFORMWKD (V470F) reports the number of days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula during the past week.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Foods fed child in past 24 hours Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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