Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2006

Reference ID

NER_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

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

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Days mother fed youngest child plain water in past week (C_MAFEDWATERWKD)

Data file: NER2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1559

End: 1560

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

492. Now I would like to ask you what liquid (NAME IN QUESTION 491) drank during the past 7 days including yesterday. How many days, during the past 7 days, did (NAME IN QUESTION 491) drink one or more of the following liquids?

FOR EACH LIQUID CONSUMED AT LEAST ONE TIME, IN THE PAST 7 DAYS, ASK: In all, during the day or night how many times did (name in Question 491) did he/she drink?

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

Water?

NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE PAST 7 DAYS ___

YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT ___

NUMBER OF TIMES DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT ___

Baby formula?

NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE PAST 7 DAYS ___

YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT ___

NUMBER OF TIMES DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT ___

Any other type of milk, like milk from a container, in powder, or fresh milk from an animal?

NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE PAST 7 DAYS ___

YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT ___

NUMBER OF TIMES DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT ___

Fruit juice?

NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE PAST 7 DAYS ___

YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT ___

NUMBER OF TIMES DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT ___

Other liquids such as sugar water, tea, coffee, carbonated drinks, or broths?

NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE PAST 7 DAYS ___

YESTERDAY/LAST NIGHT ___

NUMBER OF TIMES DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT ___

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

MAFEDWATERWKD (V470A) reports how many days, out of the past seven days, the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child plain water. 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 plain water 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 MAFEDWATERWKD thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother drank plain water during the previous week. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDWATERWKD (M37A) to determine how many days the child drank plain water during the previous week. See Comparability.

The related variable MAFEDWATER24H (V409) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child plain water during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDWATER24HX (V469A) reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child plain water during the previous 24 hours.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Days child fed foods in past week Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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