Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset
Malawi, 2004
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Mother fed youngest child cheese or yogurt in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDCHEESE24H)
Data file: MWI2004-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1531
End:
1531
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
493. Now I would like to ask you about the types of foods (NAME FROM Q. 491) ate yesterday.
In total, how many times yesterday during the day or at night did (NAME FROM Q. 491) eat (ITEM)?
IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'. IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD '8'.
a. Bread, scone, maize meal (ngaiwa), maize flour (ufawoyera), millet, rice, sorghum, or any other food made from grains?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
b. Pumpkin, red or yellow yams or squash, carrots, or yellow/orange sweet potatoes?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
c. Any other food made from roots or tubers, for example cocoyams, irish potatoes, white sweet potatoes, white yams, cassava, or other local roots or tubers?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
d. Any dark green leafy vegetables such as amaranth, cassava, pumpkin, or sweet potato leaves, chinese cabbage, greens, kale, or other dark green leafy vegetables?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
e. Mango or papaya?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
f. Any other fruits and vegetables [for example, bananas, apples, green beans, avocados, tomatoes]?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
g. Meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, insects, rodents, or eggs?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
h. Any food made from legumes [for example, beans, soybeans, groundnuts, lentils, pigeon peas, or cowpeas]?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
i. Cheese, milk or yoghurt?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
j. Any food made with oil, fat, margarine or butter?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
k. Any other foods?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
In total, how many times yesterday during the day or at night did (NAME FROM Q. 491) eat (ITEM)?
IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'. IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD '8'.
a. Bread, scone, maize meal (ngaiwa), maize flour (ufawoyera), millet, rice, sorghum, or any other food made from grains?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
b. Pumpkin, red or yellow yams or squash, carrots, or yellow/orange sweet potatoes?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
c. Any other food made from roots or tubers, for example cocoyams, irish potatoes, white sweet potatoes, white yams, cassava, or other local roots or tubers?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
d. Any dark green leafy vegetables such as amaranth, cassava, pumpkin, or sweet potato leaves, chinese cabbage, greens, kale, or other dark green leafy vegetables?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
e. Mango or papaya?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
f. Any other fruits and vegetables [for example, bananas, apples, green beans, avocados, tomatoes]?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
g. Meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, insects, rodents, or eggs?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
h. Any food made from legumes [for example, beans, soybeans, groundnuts, lentils, pigeon peas, or cowpeas]?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
i. Cheese, milk or yoghurt?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
j. Any food made with oil, fat, margarine or butter?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
k. Any other foods?
NUMBER OF TIMES_____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | No |
| 1 | Yes |
| 7 | Don't know |
| 8 | Missing |
| 9 | 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
MAFEDCHEESE24H (V414P) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child cheese during the previous day, either at night or during the daytime. This variable describes a characteristic of the mother rather than the child.
The related variable MAFEDYOGURT24H (V414V) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child yogurt during the previous day. Because FEDCHEESE24H may include children who ate either cheese or yogurt, users may want to combine responses to MAFEDYOGURT24H and MAFEDCHEESE24H to maximize comparability.
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 cheese in the previous day, all of her young children in the data are coded as "yes," including any children who have died or who live elsewhere.
A positive response in MAFEDCHEESE24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother ate cheese during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDCHEESE24H (M37X) to determine whether the child ate cheese during the previous day. See Comparability.
The related variable MAFEDCHEESE24HX reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child cheese during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDCHEESEWKD (V470X) reports the number of days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child cheese during the past week.
The related variable MAFEDYOGURT24H (V414V) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child yogurt during the previous day. Because FEDCHEESE24H may include children who ate either cheese or yogurt, users may want to combine responses to MAFEDYOGURT24H and MAFEDCHEESE24H to maximize comparability.
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 cheese in the previous day, all of her young children in the data are coded as "yes," including any children who have died or who live elsewhere.
A positive response in MAFEDCHEESE24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother ate cheese during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDCHEESE24H (M37X) to determine whether the child ate cheese during the previous day. See Comparability.
The related variable MAFEDCHEESE24HX reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child cheese during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDCHEESEWKD (V470X) reports the number of days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child cheese during the past week.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Foods fed child in past 24 hours Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |