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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000
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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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Mother fed youngest child soda or other sugary beverage in past 24 hours (C_MAFEDSODA24H)

Data file: NAM2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1142
End: 1142
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
MAFEDSODA24H indicates whether the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child soda or other sugary beverages during the previous day, either at night or during the daytime. This variable describes a characteristic of the mother rather than the child.

Although the question wording asks about foods given to a specific child during the previous day, responses relate to the mother, so all young children of the mother are coded the same way. If the mother reported she gave her youngest surviving child soda or other sugary beverages in the previous day, all of her young children in the data are coded as "yes," including any children who have died or who live elsewhere.

A positive response in MAFEDSODA24H thus does not necessarily indicate whether a particular child of the mother drank soda or other sugary beverages during the previous day. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ the variable FEDSODA24H to determine whether the child drank soda or other sugary beverages during the previous day. See Comparability.

The related variable MAFEDSODA24HX reports the number of times the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child soda or other sugary beverages during the previous 24 hours. MAFEDSODAWKD reports the number of days the child's mother gave her youngest surviving child soda or other sugary beverages during the past week.

concept

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