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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Times mother fed youngest child baby formula in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDFORM24HX)

Data file: NPL2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1598
End: 1599
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
553) How many times did (name from 549) eat solid, semisolid, or soft foods yesterday during the day or at night?
IF 7 OR MORE TIMES, RECORD '?7'

NUMBER OF TIMES________
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
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)
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
MAFEDFORM24HX (V469F) reports how many times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula 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 infant formula in the previous day, 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 MAFEDFORM24HX thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother drank infant formula during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDFORM24HX to determine how many times the child drank infant formula during the previous day. See Comparability.

The related variable MAFEDFORM24H (V411A) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDFORMWKD (V470F) reports the number of days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child infant formula during the past week.

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Times child fed foods in past 24 hours Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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