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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000
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Reference ID
NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) [Namibia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child fed vitamins in past 24 hours (C_FEDVIT24H)

Data file: NAM2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1145
End: 1145
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
439) Now I would like to ask you about the types of foods and liquids (NAME) was given yesterday. At any time yesterday or last night, was he/she given any of the following:
Vitamins, minerals, or medicine?
Plain water?
Tinned, powdered, fresh milk or infant
formula?
Fruit juice, tea, soda?
Any other liquids?
Solid or semi-solid (mushy) food?

VITAMINS, MEDICINE

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

PLAIN WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MILK

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

FRUIT JUICE, TEA, SODA

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

OTHER LIQUIDS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MUSHY FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
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
FEDVIT24H indicates whether the child consumed vitamins or mineral supplements during the previous day, either at night or during the daytime. This variable is a characteristic of the child.

The related variable MAFEDVIT24H indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child vitamins or mineral supplements 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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