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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Liquids given before breastmilk, first 3 days: Gripe water (C_NBFEDGP)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1718
End: 1718
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 children born in the three to five years before the survey, NBFEDGP (M55D) indicates whether the child was given gripe water in the first three days after delivery. Gripe water is liquid (whose ingredients vary) that is given to infants to treat colic and other stomach ailments.

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