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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Liquids given before breastmilk, first 3 days: Other woman's milk (last birth) (W_NBFEDOTHMLK_01)

Data file: BEN2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2657
End: 2657
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
443) What was (NAME) given to drink before your milk began flowing regularly? Anything else?
RECORD ALL LIQUIDS MENTIONED.

MILK (OTHER THAN BREAST MILK) A
PLAIN WATER B
SUGAR OR GLUCOSE WATER C
GRIPE WATER D
SUGAR-SALT-WATER SOLUTION E
FRUIT JUICE F
INFANT FORMULA G
TEA/INFUSIONS H
HONEY I
MILK FROM WET NURSE J
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes: other woman's milk
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, NBFEDOTHMLK_01 indicates whether the child was given breastmilk from a woman other than the mother (a wetnurse) in the first three days (for the last birth).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Breastfeeding and infant feeding Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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