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World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003
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GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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eating pattern (q6561)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 1349
Invalid: 2589
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 1739
End: 1742
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During [NAME]'s last illness, was [NAME] given more than usual to eat, about the same amount, less than usual, or nothing to eat?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 More than usual to eat 114
8.5%
2 About the same to eat 498
36.9%
3 Less than usual to eat 621
46%
4 Stopped food 61
4.5%
5 Never gave food (exclusively breastfed) 55
4.1%
8 Do not know 0
0%
Sysmiss 2589
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.
Interviewer instructions
This question is only asked if the youngest child in the household under age 5 was reported to have ever been ill, and refers to the last period of illness. The purpose is to assess home care practises of caregivers for sick children. Young children should not be given less food when presenting the symptoms recorded in questions Q6551 to Q6558. The interviewer should be sure to read the entire question before accepting a response. If the respondent says that the child is being exclusively breast fed (has not yet been weaned and does not eat any solid food), the interviewer should mark the response as "never gave food".

Description

Universe
Questions to be asked to households with children under 5 years.
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