World Health Survey 2003, South Africa

South Africa, 2003

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zaf-who-whssa-2003-v01

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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Nov 11, 2016

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eating pattern (q6561)

Data file: WHS-SouthAfrica_F5

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1743

End: 1746

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
1	More than usual to eat
2	About the same to eat
3	Less than usual to eat
4	Stopped food
5	Never gave food (exclusively breastfed)
8	Do not know

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".

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

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