Demographic and Health Survey 2010, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Malawi, 2010

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Reference ID

MWI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ICF Macro, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Aug 23, 2018

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Mother fed youngest child ORS (sugar-salt-water solution) in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDORS24H)

Data file: MWI2010-C

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

Description

Definition

MAFEDORS24H indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child ORS (oral rehydration solution, made from sugar, salt, and water) 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 ORS 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 MAFEDORS24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother drank ORS during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDORS24H to determine whether the child drank ORS during the previous day. See Comparability.

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Concept

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

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