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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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Liquids given before breastmilk, first 3 days: Other (last birth) (W_NBFEDOTH_01)

Data file: KEN2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2708
End: 2708
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
463. What was (NAME) given to drink? Anything else?
RECORD ALL LIQUIDS MENTIONED.
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

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
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 women who gave birth in the last three to five years, NBFEDOTH_01 (M55X_1) indicates whether the child was given some other liquid in the first three days (for the last birth). The meaning of "other" is relative to the specific categories included in a given sample.

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