| Diet data in NFHS India [message #26693] |
Tue, 18 April 2023 15:01  |
MRedwanul
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Registered: December 2020
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Hi,
I am trying to work with the question for a planned paper of ours: "How often do you yourself eat the following food items: daily, weekly, occasionally, or never?". The question number is 630 in men's questionnaire and 731 in women's questionnaire. In the response options, I find the followings:
Milk or curd
Pulses or beans
Dark green leafy vegetables
Fruits
Eggs
Fish
Chicken or meat
Fried foods
Aerated drinks.
All of these appear to be name of food groups rather than individual food items.
I would like to know the list of foods considered to be belonging to these food groups. From the perspective of nutritional epidemiology, it is a crucial piece of information.
Many thanks in advance!
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| Re: Diet data in NFHS India [message #26694 is a reply to message #26693] |
Tue, 18 April 2023 15:35  |
fred.arnold@icf.com
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Registered: May 2021
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The response categories are based on food groups, not individual food items. The questions are asked verbatim, as follows:
"How often do you yourself eat the following food times, daily, weekly, occasionally, or never?
a. Milk or curd?
b. Pulses or beans?
c. Dark green, leafy vegetables?
d. Fruits?
e. Eggs?
f. Fish
g. Chicken or meat?
h. Fried foods?
i. Aerated drinks?"
There is no description of what items are included in each category, and there is nothing in the Interviewer's Manual that defines what foods are included in each category. You will have to base your analysis on the food groups that are given, not on individual food items.
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