Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988

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Reference ID

GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Child fed other liquid in past 24 hours (C_FEDOTHLIQ24H)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 703

End: 703

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

415. At any time yesterday or last night, was (NAME OF LAST CHILD) given any of the following:
Plain water?
Juice?
Powdered milk?
Cow's or goat's milk?
Any other liquid?
Any solid or mushy food?

PLAIN WATER

YES 1
NO 2

JUICE

YES 1
NO 2

POWDERED MILK

YES 1
NO 2

COW'S OR GOAT'S MILK

YES 1
NO 2

ANY OTHER LIQUID (SPECIFY) _____

YES 1
NO 2

ANY SOLID OR MUSHY FOOD

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

FEDOTHLIQ24H (M37L) indicates whether the child drank other liquids 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 categories included in a particular sample.

The related variable MAFEDOTHLIQ24H (V413) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child other liquids during the previous day.

The related variable FEDOTHLIQ24HX reports the number of times the child drank other liquids in the previous 24 hours. FEDOTHLIQWKD (M40L) reports the number of days the child drank other liquids during the past week.

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Concept

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

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