IPUMS DHS: descr: FIFASTALLDAYFQ

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FIFASTALLDAYFQ (FIFASTALLDAYFQ)

Frequency HH member(s) have no food for full day

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Codes and Frequencies

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An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample

Code	Label	mali 12	nepal 16	tanz 15	yem 13
0	Never	X	X	X	X
1	Rarely	X	X	X	X
2	Sometimes	X	X	X	X
3	Often	X	X	X	X
6	Non-resident	·	·	·	·
8	Missing	·	·	·	X

Description

FIFASTALLDAYFQ reports how often any member(s) of the household went a whole day and night without eating due to a lack of food (never, rarely, sometimes, or often).

The information in FIFASTALLDAYFQ is taken from the household record and applies to household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors (coded "2") using:

RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis;
HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis;
RESIDENTMN variable when men are the unit of analysis.

Comparability — Index

GENERAL

Nepal

Comparability

Apart from slight differences in question wording, FIFASTALLDAYFQ is comparable across most samples. Most samples used a reference period of the preceding four weeks; exceptions are noted below.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FIFASTALLDAYFQ is a country-specific household variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire.

Comparability — Nepal [top]

The Nepalese surveys used a reference period of the preceding 12 months.

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Comparability — Index

Comparability

Comparability — Nepal [top]

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