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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Mother fed youngest child fat, butter, or oil in past 24 hours (B_MAFEDFATS24H)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1601
End: 1601
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
650. Now I would like to ask you about liquids or foods that (NAME FROM 649) had yesterday during the day or at night. I am interested in whether your child had the item I mention even if it was combined with other foods. Did (NAME FROM 649) drink or eat:

a. Plain water?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b. Juice or juice drinks?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

c. Soft drinks?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

d. Clear broth?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

e. Milk such as tinned, powdered, or fresh animal milk?

IF YES: How many times did (NAME) drink milk?

IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NUMBER OF TIMES DRANK ___

f. Infant formula (S26, Naan, Lactogene, Infantcare)?

IF YES: How many times did (NAME) drink infant formula?

IF 7 OR MORE TIME, RECORD '7'.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NUMBER OF TIMES DRANK ___

g. Any other liquids?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

h. Yogurt?

IF YES: How many times did (NAME) eat yogurt?

IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NUMBER OF TIMES ATE ___

i. Any fortified cereals (Cerelac, Likuni Phala, Nestum, Purity, Sibusiso, Gluco Phala)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

j. Bread, rice, noodles, porridge, maize meal (ngaiwa), maize flour (ufawayera), millet, sorghum, or other foods made from grains?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

k. Pumpkin, carrots, squash, or sweet potatoes that are yellow or orange inside?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

l. Cocoyam, Irish potatoes, white sweet potatoes, white yams, cassava, or any other foods made from roots or tubers?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

m. Any dark green, leafy vegetables such as amaranth, pumpkin leaves, Chinese cabbage, greens, kale, cassava leaves, beans, cow peas or sweet potato leaves that are fresh?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

n. Ripe mangoes, papayas, or guava?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

o. Any other fruits or vegetables (bananas, apples, green beans, avocados, tomatoes, okra)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

p. Liver, kidney, heart, or other organ meats?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

r. Grubs, snails or insects?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

s. Eggs?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

t. Fresh or dried fish or shellfish, crabs or seafood?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

u. Any foods made from beans, pigeon peas, cow peas, lentils, nuts, soybeans or ground nut powder (nsinjiro)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

v. Cheese or other food made from milk?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

w. Any oil, fats, or butter, or foods made with any of these?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

x. Any sugary foods such as chocolates, sweets, cadies, sugar cane, honey, patries, cakes or biscuits?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

y. Any other solid, semi-solid, or soft food?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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
MAFEDFATS24H (V414Q) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child food made with oil, fat, or butter 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 food made with oil, fat, or butter 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 MAFEDFATS24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother ate food made with oil, fat, or butter during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDFATS24H (M37Y) to determine whether the child ate food made with oil, fat, or butter during the previous day. See Comparability.

The related variable MAFEDFATS24HX (V469Y) reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child food made with oil, fat, or butter during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDFATSWKD (V470Y) reports the number of days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child food made with oil, fat, or butter during the past week.

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Foods fed child in past 24 hours Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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