Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2018

Iraq, 2018

Reference ID

IRQ_2018_MICS_v01_M

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Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO), Ministry of Health, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Child ate white potatoes, white yams, manioc, cassava etc. yesterday (BD8E)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 6444

Invalid: 10245

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 167

End: 167

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to ask you about everything that (name) ate yesterday during the day or the night. Please include foods consumed outside of your home.

Think about when (name) woke up yesterday. Did (he/she) eat anything at that time? If ‘Yes’ ask: Please tell me everything (name) ate at that time. Probe: Anything else?

Record answers using the food groups below.
- What did (name) do after that? Did (he/she) eat anything at that time?

Repeat this string of questions, recording in the food groups, until the respondent tells you that the child went to sleep until the next morning.

For each food group not mentioned after completing the above ask:
Just to make sure, did (name) eat (food group items) yesterday during the day or the night?

Literal question

White potatoes, white yams, manioc, cassava any other foods made from roots?

Value	Category	Cases
1	YES	1950	30.3%
2	NO	4485	69.6%
8	DK	9	0.1%
9	NO RESPONSE	0	0%
Sysmiss		10245