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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Amount of food offered to child with cough (C_COUFOODUPDN)

Data file: IND2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1600
End: 1600
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
539. When (NAME) had a (fever/cough), was he/she given less than usual to eat, about the same amount, more than usual, or nothing to eat?
IF LESS, PROBE: Was he/she given much less than usual to eat or somewhat less?

MUCH LESS 1
SOMEWHAT LESS 2
ABOUT THE SAME 3
MORE 4
STOPPED FOOD 5
NEVER GAVE FOOD 6
DOESN'T KNOW 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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