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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2006
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NER_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Liquids given before breastmilk, first 3 days: Sugar and salt water solution (C_NBFEDORT)

Data file: NER2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1588
End: 1588
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

MILK (OTHER THAN BREAST MILK) A
WATER B
SUGAR OR GLUCOSE WATER C
CALMING INFUSIONS WATER D
SUGAR-SALT-WATER SOLUTION E
FRUIT JUICE F
INFANT FORMULA G
TEA/QUINQUELIBA H
HONEY I
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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 children born in the three to five years before the survey, NBFEDORT (M55E) indicates whether the child was given a sugar-salt-water solution in the first three days after delivery.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Foods given to newborns Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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