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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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Reference ID
ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Child fed (other) fruits/vegetables in past 24 hours (C_FEDOFRTVEG24H)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1023
End: 1023
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
435 At any time yesterday or last night, was (NAME) given any of the following:
Plain water?
Sugar water/Juice
Herbal tea/Rooibos?
Baby formula?
Any kind of milk?
Any other liquid?
Any food made from [MAIZE or RICE or WHEAT], such as PORRIDGE or BREAD
Eggs, fish or poultry?
Meat?
Fruits or vegetables?
Any other solid or semi-solid foods?

PLAIN WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

SUGAR WATER/JUICE

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

HERBAL/ROOIBOS TEA

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

BABY FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

ANY KIND OF MILK

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

OTHER LIQUIDS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

FOOD MADE FROM MAIZE/RICE/WHEAT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

EGGS/FISH/POULTRY

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MEAT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

FRUITS OR VEG

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

OTHER SOLID/SEMI-SOLID FOODS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 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
FEDOFRTVEG24H (M37U) indicates whether the child ate other fruits or vegetables, such as bananas, apples/sauce, green beans, avocados, or tomatoes, during the previous day, either at night or during the daytime. This variable is a characteristic of the child. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific food categories included in a particular sample.

The related variable MAFEDOFRTVEG24H (V414L) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child other fruits or vegetables during the previous day.

The related variable FEDOFRTVEG24HX reports the number of times the child ate other fruits or vegetables in the previous 24 hours. FEDOFRTVEGWKD (M40U) reports the number of days the child ate other fruits or vegetables during the past week.

concept

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