Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2008 - 2009

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KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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When mother first put last-born child to breast (C_BFEEDST)

Data file: KEN2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1264

End: 1266

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

461. How long after birth did you first put (NAME) to the breast?

IF LESS THAN 1 HOUR, RECORD '00' HOURS.
IF LESS THAN 24 HOURS, RECORD HOURS.
OTHERWISE, RECORD DAYS.
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

IMMEDIATELY 000
HOURS 1 _______
DAYS 2 _______

Categories

Value	Category
000	Immediately
100	Within first hour
101	1 hour
102	2 hours
103	3 hours
104	4 hours
105	5 hours
106	6 hours
107	7 hours
108	8 hours
109	9 hours
110	10 hours
111	11 hours
112	12 hours
113	13 hours
114	14 hours
115	15 hours
116	16 hours
117	17 hours
118	18 hours
119	19 hours
120	20 hours
121	21 hours
122	22 hours
123	23 hours
124	24 hours
125	25 hours
126	26 hours
127	27 hours
128	28 hours
129	29 hours
130	30 hours
131	31 hours
132	32 hours
133	33 hours
134	34 hours
135	35 hours
136	36 hours
137	37 hours
138	38 hours
139	39 hours
140	40 hours
141	41 hours
142	42 hours
143	43 hours
144	44 hours
145	45 hours
146	46 hours
147	47 hours
148	48 hours
149	49 hours
150	50 hours
151	51 hours
152	52 hours
153	53 hours
154	54 hours
155	55 hours
156	56 hours
157	57 hours
158	58 hours
159	59 hours
160	60 hours
161	61 hours
162	62 hours
163	63 hours
164	64 hours
165	65 hours
166	66 hours
167	67 hours
168	68 hours
169	69 hours
170	70 hours
171	71 hours
172	72 hours
173	73 hours
174	74 hours
175	75 hours
176	76 hours
177	77 hours
178	78 hours
179	79 hours
180	80 hours
181	81 hours
182	82 hours
183	83 hours
184	84 hours
185	85 hours
186	86 hours
187	87 hours
188	88 hours
189	89 hours
190	90 hours
199	Hours: Number missing
200	Within first day
201	1 day
202	2 days
203	3 days
204	4 days
205	5 days
206	6 days
207	7 days
208	8 days
209	9 days
210	10 days
211	11 days
212	12 days
213	13 days
214	14 days
215	15 days
216	16 days
217	17 days
218	18 days
219	19 days
220	20 days
221	21 days
222	22 days
223	23 days
224	24 days
225	25 days
226	26 days
227	27 days
228	28 days
229	29 days
230	30 days
231	31 days
232	32 days
233	33 days
234	34 days
235	35 days
236	36 days
237	37 days
238	38 days
239	39 days
240	40 days
241	41 days
242	42 days
243	43 days
244	44 days
245	45 days
246	46 days
247	47 days
248	48 days
249	49 days
250	50 days
251	51 days
252	52 days
253	53 days
254	54 days
255	55 days
256	56 days
257	57 days
258	58 days
259	59 days
260	60 days
261	61 days
262	62 days
263	63 days
264	64 days
265	65 days
266	66 days
267	67 days
268	68 days
269	69 days
270	70 days
271	71 days
272	72 days
273	73 days
274	74 days
275	75 days
276	76 days
277	77 days
278	78 days
279	79 days
280	80 days
281	81 days
282	82 days
283	83 days
284	84 days
285	85 days
286	86 days
287	87 days
288	88 days
289	89 days
290	90 days
299	Days: Number missing
997	Don't know
998	Missing
999	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 and breastfed their last-born child, BFEEDST (V426) reports the length of time between the birth and when the woman first breastfed her last-born child. Following DHS convention, intervals reported in hours are coded with a "1" in the first digit, and intervals reported in days are coded with a "2" in the first digit.

When women are the unit of analysis, IPUMS-DHS users may also use BRSFEDST_01 (M34_1), which also reports the length of time between the birth and when the woman first breastfed her child (for the last birth).

When children are the unit of analysis, BFEEDST describes a characteristic of the mother, which causes all young children of the mother to be coded the same way. Thus, a response of a certain number of hours or days in BFEEDST does not necessarily indicate that a particular child whose record is being analyzed was first breastfed after that amount of time. IPUMS-DHS users should instead employ, when available, the variable BRSFEDST (M34) to determine the length of time between the specific child's birth and when that child was first breastfed.

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Concept

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

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