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Re: Feeding Practices Question [message #8452 is a reply to message #8413]

Wed, 28 October 2015 13:41

nholla
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Registered: May 2015

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Great thanks this is helpful! Reading through the surveys, just had a couple follow up questions to make sure I'm understanding things correctly (I apologize if I'm restating something you already answered!):

The food questions are asked of the mother for the youngest child born within the last 3 years of the interview year. Once these questions are answered, they are then attached to all children in the family of this specific child in the birth recode file. Is there a flag that identifies which child the food questions specifically pertain to? Or is my best bet just seeing who the youngest child (born in the last 3 years) is in each family, and assuming the food questions apply to this particular child?

Like you said, it seems the survey questions slightly differ based on the country and year in question. For example, the standard recode variable in the manual you linked states that v414h will be the "meat" variable. However, in Kenya, this variable does not exist. Instead, there is a v414t (which looks to be country specific) variable that combines both "meats" and "fish" and "eggs." Does this mean I can't entirely rely on the recode manual to have consistent food responses for the food variables they do list, and that I'll have to go through the documentation of each country to ensure that I'm grabbing the correct variables? I'm creating a dietary diversity indicator, so I'm more looking at how many different food groups a child is getting.

Thanks for your help!

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		Feeding Practices Question By: nholla on Mon, 26 October 2015 10:21
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: Liz-DHS on Wed, 28 October 2015 09:03
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: nholla on Wed, 28 October 2015 13:41
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: Liz-DHS on Fri, 30 October 2015 12:48
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: Liz-DHS on Fri, 30 October 2015 16:13
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: nholla on Wed, 04 November 2015 16:24
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: nholla on Fri, 06 November 2015 10:55
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: Liz-DHS on Fri, 06 November 2015 13:27
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: nholla on Fri, 06 November 2015 14:29
		Re: Feeding Practices Question By: Hassen on Thu, 03 May 2018 06:03

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