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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: Tea/infusions (C_NBFEDTEA)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1722
End: 1722
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, NBFEDTEA (M55H) indicates whether the child was given tea/infusions in the first three days after delivery. Wording varied somewhat across samples. See Comparability.

concept

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