Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009

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Reference ID

LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Amount of food offered to child with cough (C_COUFOODUPDN)

Data file: LSO2009-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1526

End: 1526

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

539 When (NAME) had a (fever/cough), was he/she given less than usual to eat, about the same amount, more than usual, or nothing to eat?
IF LESS, PROBE: Was he/she given much less than usual to eat or somewhat less?

MUCH LESS 1
SOMEWHAT LESS 2
ABOUT THE SAME 3
MORE 4
STOPPED FOOD 5
NEVER GAVE FOOD 6
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
0	Stopped food
1	Never gave food
2	Much less
3	Somewhat less
4	About the same
5	More
6	Other
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had a cough in the past 2 weeks, COUFOODUPDN (H31E) indicates whether the child was given more, less, or the same amount of food as usual during the illness. Children receiving less food are further categorized into "somewhat less," "much less," and "stopped food."

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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