Demographic and Health Survey 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989

Reference ID

KEN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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Child got same, increased, or decreased food with diarrhea (C_DIAFOODUPDN)

Data file: KEN1989-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 602

End: 603

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

424E. Was (NAME) given more, less, or the same amount of solid food as was given before he/she had diarrhea or did you stop giving solid food altogether?

MORE 1
LESS 2
SAME 3
STOPPED SOLID FOODS 4
SOLID FOODS NOT YET GIVEN 5
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
10	Same
20	Increase
30	Decrease
31	Somewhat less
32	Much less
33	Stop entirely
40	Never gave food
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAFOODUPDN (H39) indicates whether the child was given more, less, or the same amount of food during the illness. Question wording differences limit the comparability of DIAFOODUPDN across samples; see Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Diarrhea, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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