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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1993
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GHA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child ever given anything other than breastmilk (C_FEDNOTBRSMILK)

Data file: GHA1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 974
End: 974
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
436. Was (NAME) ever given water or anything else to drink or eat (other than breastmilk)?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 440)
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 3 to 5 years before the survey, FEDNOTBRSMILK (M22) indicates whether the child was ever given water or anything else to eat or drink other than breastmilk. Living children who are no longer breastfeeding are assumed to have been given food other than breastmilk.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child feeding, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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