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Demographic and Health Survey 1990-1991 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1990 - 1991
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PAK_1990_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies [Pakistan] and IRD/Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child fed gripe water in past 24 hours (C_FEDGPWAT24H)

Data file: PAK1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 956
End: 956
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
439. At any time yesterday or last night was (NAME) given any of the following? IF YES: How many times?

Plain Water?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Ghutti?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Sugar or honey water?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Juice?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Herbal tea?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Gripe Water?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Baby formula?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Fresh milk?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Tinned or powdered milk?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Other liquids, such as fennel water or cardamom water?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______

Any solid or mushy food?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES ______
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
FEDGPWAT24H indicates whether the child drank gripe water (an infusion of herbs, such as fennel and ginger, intended to treat colic) during the previous day, either at night or during the daytime. This variable is a characteristic of the child.

The related variable MAFEDGPWAT24H indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child gripe water during the previous day.

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