Demographic and Health Survey 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2001

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BEN_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique [Benin] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Days mother fed youngest child baby formula in past week (C_MAFEDFORMWKD)

Data file: BEN2001-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1461

End: 1462

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

492) Now I would like to ask you about the liquids (NAME FROM Q.491) drank over the last 7 days, including yesterday. How many days in the last 7 did (NAME FROM Q.491) drink each of the following?

FOR EACH ITEM GIVEN AT LEAST ONCE IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, BEFORE PROCEEDING, ASK: In total, how many times yesterday during the day or at night did (NAME FROM Q.491) drink (item)?

IF 7 TIMES OR MORE, RECORD '7'. IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD '8'.

a) Water?

(LAST SEVEN DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES

b) Commercially produced infant formula?

(LAST SEVEN DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES

c) Milk such as tinned, powdered, or fresh animal milk?

(LAST SEVEN DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES

d) Fruit juice?

(LAST SEVEN DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES

e) Other liquids such as sugar water, gruel, tea, coffee, carbonated beverages, or broths?

(LAST SEVEN DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS _____

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES

Value	Category
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

MAFEDFORMWKD (V470F) reports how many days, out of the past seven days, the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula. 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 week, 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 infant formula in the previous week, all of her children in the data are coded as "yes" (codes "1" through "7"), including any children who have died or who live elsewhere.

A positive response in MAFEDFORMWKD thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother drank infant formula during the previous week. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDFORMWKD (M37F) to determine how many days the child drank infant formula during the previous week. See Comparability.

The related variable MAFEDFORM24H (V411A) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDFORM24HX (V469F) reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula during the previous 24 hours.

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Concept

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Days child fed foods in past week Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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