Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998

Reference ID

CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Type of salt used by household (W_SALTIODIZE)

Data file: CMR1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 401

End: 402

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

23) What type of salt is usually used for cooking in your household?

(ASK TO SEE SALT PACKAGE)

LOCAL SALT 01
PACKAGED SALT (IODIZED) 02
PACKAGED SALT (NON IODIZED) 03
PACKAGED SALT (IODIZED OR NOT?) 04
SALT FOR ANIMALS 05
LOOSE SALT 06
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ 96

Categories

Value	Category
96	Non-resident
10	Packaged salt
11	Packaged salt - iodized
12	Packaged salt - noniodized
20	Other salt
21	Local salt
22	Loose salt
23	Salt for animals
24	Natron in block
98	Missing
13	Packaged salt - other
97	Don't know
99	NIU (not in universe)
25	Other, n.e.c.
00	No salt available
95	Doesn't cook

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.

Description

Definition

SALTIODIZE (HV222) reports the type of salt the household uses for cooking, with an emphasis on whether the salt is known to be iodized. Iodized salt may prevent iodine deficiency, and thus protect against brain damage during child development and pregnancy.

The information in SALTIODIZE is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Nutrition Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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