Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2011

Reference ID

BGD_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Frequency skipped meals in last 12 months (B_FOODSKIPFQ)

Data file: BGD2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 521

End: 521

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1002) In the last 12 months how often did you yourself skip entire meals because there was not enough food?

NEVER 1
RARELY (1-6 TIMES THIS YEAR) 2
SOMETIMES (7-12 TIMES THIS YEAR) 3
OFTEN (FEW TIMES EACH MONTH) 4

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never
2	Rarely (1-6 times in year)
3	Sometimes (7-12 times in year)
4	Often (several times each month)
8	Missing

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

FOODSKIPFQ reports how often the respondent ate skipped an entire meal because there was not enough food in the last 12 months (never, rarely, sometimes, or often).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Food security Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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