Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Mother fed youngest child fish or shellfish in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDFISH24H)

Data file: TZA2015-C

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

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

Description

Definition

MAFEDFISH24H (V414N) indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child fresh or dried fish or shellfish 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 fresh or dried fish or shellfish in the previous day, all of her young children in the data are coded as "yes," including any children who have died or who live elsewhere.

A positive response in MAFEDFISH24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother ate fresh or dried fish or shellfish during the previous day. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Foods fed child in past 24 hours Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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