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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2000
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MWI_2000_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child fed plain water in past 24 hours (C_FEDWATER24H)

Data file: MWI2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1236
End: 1236
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
489B. Now I would like to ask you about liquids (NAME FROM Q. 489A) drank over the last seven days, including yesterday.
How many days during the last seven days did (NAME FROM Q. 489A) drink each of the following?
FOR EACH ITEM GIVEN AT LEAST ONCE IN LAST SEVEN DAYS, BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE NEXT ITEM, ASK:
In total, how many times yesterday during the day or at night did (NAME FROM Q. 489A) drink (ITEM)?
IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'.
IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD '8'.

a. Plain water?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

b. Commercially produced infant formula? (e.g. Lactogen)

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

c. Any other milk such as tinned, powdered, or fresh animal milk?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

d. Fruit juice?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

e. Thobwa?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

Any other liquids such as tea, coffee, carbonated drinks, "freezes," or soup broth?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

Now I would like to ask you about the types of foods (NAME FROM Q. 489A) ate over the last seven days, including yesterday.
How many days during the last seven days did (NAME FROM Q. 489A) eat each of the following foods either separately or combined with other food?
FOR EACH ITEM GIVEN AT LEAST ONCE IN LAST SEVEN DAYS, BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE NEXT ITEM, ASK:
In total, how many times yesterday during the day or at night did (NAME FROM Q. 489A) eat (ITEM)?
IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'.
IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD '8'.

g. Any food, such as bread or nsima, made from grains [e.g., millet, sorghum, maize, rice, wheat, or other local grains]?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

h. Plain porridge?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

i. Porridge enriched with foods such as legumes, vegetables, fruits, ground nut flour, fish, or meat?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

j. Pumpkin, yellow squash, carrots, or yellow sweet potatoes?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

k. Any other food made from roots or tubers [e.g., white potatoes, cassava, or other local roots/tubers]?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

l. Any green leafy vegetables?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

m. Mango or papaya?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

n. Any other fruits and vegetables [e.g., oranges, bananas, guava, green beans, avocados, tomatoes]?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

o. Meat, poultry, fish, termites, or eggs?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

p. Any food made from legumes [e.g., peas, beans, cowpeas, pulses, or groundnuts]?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

q. Cheese or yoghurt?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES _____

r. Any food made with oil, fat, margarine, or butter?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) 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
FEDWATER24H (M37A) indicates whether the child drank plain water during the previous day, either at night or during the daytime. This variable is a characteristic of the child.

The related variable MAFEDWATER24H (V409) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child water during the previous day.

The related variable FEDWATER24HX reports the number of times the child drank plain water in the previous 24 hours. FEDWATERWKD (M40A) reports the number of days the child drank plain water during the past week.

concept

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