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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015
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AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Organization (CSO) [Afghanistan], Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) [Afghanistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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May 01, 2020
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Mother fed youngest child other solid, semi-solid, or soft food in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDOTHER24H)

Data file: AFG2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1355
End: 1355
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
558. Now I would like to ask you about liquids or foods that (NAME FROM 557) had yesterday during the day or at night. I am interested in whether your child had the item I mention even if it was combined with other foods.

Did (NAME FROM 557) (drink/eat):

a) Plain water?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b) Juice or juice drinks?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

c) Clear broth?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

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

IF YES: How many times did (NAME) drink milk?

IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'.

YES 1 (NUMBER OF TIMES___)
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

e) Infant formula?

IF YES: How many times did (NAME) drink infant formula?

IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'.

YES 1 (NUMBER OF TIMES___)
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

f) Any other liquids?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

g) Yogurt?

IF YES: How many times did (NAME) eat yogurt?

IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '7'.

YES 1 (NUMBER OF TIMES___)
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

h) Any [BRAND NAME OF COMMERCIALLY FORTIFIED BABY FOOD, E.G., Cerelac]?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

i) Bread, rice, noodles, porridge, or other foods made from grains?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

j) Pumpkin, carrots, squash that are yellow or orange inside?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

k) White potatoes, manioc, cassava, or any other foods made from roots?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

l) Any dark green, leafy vegetables?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

m) Ripe mangoes or other vitamin-A rich fruits?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

n) Any other fruits or vegetables?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

o) Liver, kidney, heart or other organ meats?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

p) Any meat, such as beef, lamb, goat, chicken, or duck?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

q) Eggs?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

r) Fresh or dried fish?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

s) Any foods made from beans, peas, lentils, or nuts?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

t) Cheese or other food made from milk?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

u) Any other solid, semi-solid, or soft food?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
MAFEDOTHER24H (V414S) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child any other solid or semi-solid foods 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 mentioned in a survey.

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 any other solid or semi-solid foods 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 MAFEDOTHER24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother ate any other solid or semi-solid foods during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDOTHER24H (M37P) to determine whether the child ate any other solid or semi-solid foods during the previous day. See Comparability.

The related variable MAFEDOTHER24HX reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child any other solid or semi-solid foods during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDOTHERWKD reports the number of days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child any other solid or semi-solid foods during the past week.

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