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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Bhutan, 2010
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Reference ID
BTN_2010_MICS_v01_M
Producer(s)
National Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund
Collection(s)
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
Metadata
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Feb 06, 2013
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Child ate less or more during illness (CA3)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 1545
Invalid: 4912
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 135
End: 135
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During the time (name) had diarrhoea, was he/she given less than usual to eat, about the same amount, more than usual, or nothing to eat?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Much less 233
15.1%
2 Somewhat less 548
35.5%
3 About the same 456
29.5%
4 More 149
9.6%
5 Stopped food 83
5.4%
6 Never gave food 75
4.9%
8 DK 1
0.1%
9 Missing 0
0%
Sysmiss 4912
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.
Interviewer instructions
During an episode of diarrhoea or other illness, a child may change the amount usually eaten. The focus in this question is on how much food was actually consumed by the child.

Ask the question just as it is worded here. Read out the entire question and circle the code corresponding to the caretaker's response. Get the caretaker's best judgement of the relative amount of total food actually consumed by the child.

Try to find out what actually happened, not what the caretaker thinks ought to have happened. An answer such as, “A child with diarrhoea (or 'a child who is ill') needs more food” is not satisfactory. You would need to ask, “But how much did your child actually eat during this diarrhoea?”

If the caretaker replies that the child took only fluids (that is, the child did not 'eat'), circle '5' for 'Stopped food'. If the child was given less than usual to eat during the diarrhoea, probe: “Was he/she given much less than usual to eat, or somewhat less?”. Then circle the appropriate code. If the mother/primary caretaker offered more food than usual, but the child ate much less, the answer is 'much less'; circle '1'.

Make sure that the respondent understands that this includes breastmilk, if the child is still being breastfed. If the child is very young and the caretaker replies that he/she takes only fluids or breastmilk (that is, has not started 'eating' yet), there is no need to probe, since 'drinking' and 'eating' count as the same for this child. Circle the answer for this question (eating) that comes closest to the answer you circle for CA4 (drinking).

Description

Source of information
The mother or caretaker of the child under five.
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