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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1993
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KEN_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Council for Population and Development [Kenya], Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child fed other solid, semi-solid, or soft food in past 24 hours (C_FEDOTHER24H)

Data file: KEN1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 939
End: 939
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
431. At any time yesterday or last night was (NAME) given any of the following:

Plain water?
Sugar water?
Juice?
Baby formula?
Fresh milk?
Tinned or powdered milk?
Other liquids?
Porridge, uji?
Other solid or mushy food?
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

PLAIN WATER

YES 1
NO 2

SUGAR WATER

YES 1
NO 2

JUICE

YES 1
NO 2

BABY FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2

FRESH MILK

YES 1
NO 2

TINNED/POWDERED MILK

YES 1
NO 2

OTHER LIQUIDS

YES 1
NO 2

PORRIDGE, UJI

YES 1
NO 2

SOLID/MUSHY FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
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
FEDOTHER24H (M37P) indicates whether the child ate some other solid or semi-solid food 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 of food included in a particular sample.

The related variable MAFEDOTHER24H (V414S) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child any other solid or semi-solid food during the previous day.

The related variable FEDOTHER24HX reports the number of times the child ate any other solid or semi-solid food in the previous 24 hours. FEDOTHERWKD (M40P) reports the number of days the child ate any other solid or semi-solid food 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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