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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011
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CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Amount of food offered to child with cough (C_COUFOODUPDN)

Data file: CMR2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1635
End: 1635
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
539) When (NAME) had a cough/fever/convulsions, did you give less to eat than usual, about the same amount, more than usual or nothing to eat at all?

IF LESS, PROBE:
Did you give much less than usual or a little less than usual?

MUCH LESS 1
A LITTLE LESS 2
ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT 3
MORE 4
STOPPED FOOD 5
NEVER FED 6
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 Stopped food
1 Never gave food
2 Much less
3 Somewhat less
4 About the same
5 More
6 Other
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
For surviving children under age 5 who had a cough in the past 2 weeks, COUFOODUPDN (H31E) indicates whether the child was given more, less, or the same amount of food as usual during the illness. Children receiving less food are further categorized into "somewhat less," "much less," and "stopped food."

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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