Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006

Reference ID

BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Mother fed youngest child (other) fruits/vegetables in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDOFRTVEG24H)

Data file: BEN2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1554

End: 1554

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

493) Now I would like to ask you about the foods (NAME FROM Q. 491) ate over the last 7 days, including yesterday. How many days in the last 7 did (NAME FROM Q. 491) eat one of the following foods?

FOR EACH FOOD EATEN AT LEAST ONCE IN THE LAST 7 DAYS, ASK: How many times total did (NAME FROM Q. 491) eat (FOOD) yesterday during the day or night?
IF 7 TIMES OR MORE, RECORD '7'. IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD '8'

a) Rice, corn, sorghum, or other grains?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

b) Pumpkin, yam, red or yellow squash, carrots, or red sweet potatoes?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

c) Other tuber based foods (for example: potatoes, white yams, cassava root, white sweet potatoes, or other tuber roots)?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

d) Any other green-leaf vegetables?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

e) Mango, papaya?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

f) All other fruits or vegetables (for example: banana, apple, applesauce, green beans, avocado, tomato)?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

g) Meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, or eggs?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

h) Other legume based foods (for example: lentils, beans, soy, legumes, or peanuts)?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

i) Cheese or yogurt?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

j) All foods prepared with oil, fat, or butter?

(LAST 7 DAYS) NUMBER OF DAYS ________

(YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT) NUMBER OF TIMES ________

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

Description

Definition

MAFEDOFRTVEG24H (V414L) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child other fruits or vegetables during the previous day, either at night or during the daytime. This variable describes a characteristic of the mother rather than the child. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific food categories included in a particular sample.

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 other fruits or vegetables 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 MAFEDOFRTVEG24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother ate other fruits or vegetables during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDOFRTVEG24H (M37U) to determine whether the child ate other fruits or vegetables during the previous day. See Comparability.

The related variable MAFEDOFRTVEG24HX (V469U) reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child other fruits or vegetables during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDOFRTVEGWKD (V470U) reports the number of days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child other fruits or vegetables during the past week.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Foods fed child in past 24 hours Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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