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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Child fed plain water in past 24 hours (C_FEDWATER24H)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 699
End: 699
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
415. At any time yesterday or last night, was (NAME OF LAST CHILD) given any of the following:
Plain water?
Juice?
Powdered milk?
Cow's or goat's milk?
Any other liquid?
Any solid or mushy food?

PLAIN WATER

YES 1
NO 2

JUICE

YES 1
NO 2

POWDERED MILK

YES 1
NO 2

COW'S OR GOAT'S MILK

YES 1
NO 2

ANY OTHER LIQUID (SPECIFY) _____

YES 1
NO 2

ANY SOLID OR MUSHY FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
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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