Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000

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Reference ID

NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) [Namibia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Mother fed youngest child fed any solid, semi-solid, or soft foods in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDANY24H)

Data file: NAM2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1132

End: 1132

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

439) Now I would like to ask you about the types of foods and liquids (NAME) was given yesterday. At any time yesterday or last night, was he/she given any of the following:
Vitamins, minerals, or medicine?
Plain water?
Tinned, powdered, fresh milk or infant
formula?
Fruit juice, tea, soda?
Any other liquids?
Solid or semi-solid (mushy) food?

VITAMINS, MEDICINE

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

PLAIN WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MILK

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

FRUIT JUICE, TEA, SODA

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

OTHER LIQUIDS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MUSHY FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

MAFEDANY24H (V414) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child any solid, semi-solid, or soft foods 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 any solid, semi-solid, or soft foods in the previous day, all of her children in the data are coded as "yes," including any children who have died or who live elsewhere.

A positive response in MAFEDANY24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother ate any solid, semi-solid, or soft foods during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDANY24H (M39A) to determine whether the child ate any solid, semi-solid, or soft foods during the previous day. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child feeding, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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