Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset
India, 1992 - 1993
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- Data files
- IND1992-B.dat
- IND1992-C.dat
- IND1992-H.dat
- IND1992-W.dat
Reason mother stopped breastfeeding child (C_WHYSTBRFD)
Data file: IND1992-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
847
End:
848
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
441. Why did you stop breastfeeding (NAME)?
MOTHER ILL/WEAK 01
CHILD ILL/WEAK 02
CHILD DIED 03
NIPPLE/BREAST PROBLEM 04
INSUFFICIENT MILK 05
MOTHER WORKING 06
CHILD REFUSED 07
WEANING AGE 08
BECAME PREGNANT 09
STARTED USING CONTRACEPTION 10
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ 11
MOTHER ILL/WEAK 01
CHILD ILL/WEAK 02
CHILD DIED 03
NIPPLE/BREAST PROBLEM 04
INSUFFICIENT MILK 05
MOTHER WORKING 06
CHILD REFUSED 07
WEANING AGE 08
BECAME PREGNANT 09
STARTED USING CONTRACEPTION 10
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ 11
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 15 | Improve child health |
| 22 | Insufficient milk |
| 21 | Nipple, breast problem |
| 14 | Child had diarrhea |
| 96 | Inconsistent |
| 10 | Health problem |
| 11 | Mother ill or weak |
| 12 | Child ill or weak |
| 13 | Child died |
| 97 | Don't know if ever breastfed |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 20 | Breastmilk problem |
| 30 | Mother busy |
| 31 | Mother working |
| 32 | Mother at school |
| 33 | Inconvenient |
| 40 | Child's attitude |
| 41 | Child refused |
| 42 | Child refused food |
| 43 | Child preferred bottle |
| 50 | Weaning age |
| 60 | Reproductive/family planning reason |
| 61 | Became pregnant |
| 62 | Started using method |
| 63 | Wanted to start method |
| 64 | Wanted another child |
| 70 | Other reason |
| 71 | Husband disapproved |
| 72 | Mother's figure concern |
| 95 | Other |
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 who were born in the three to five years preceding the survey and whose mothers had stopped breastfeeding them, WHYSTBRFD (M21) reports why the mother stopped breastfeeding. Children who were breastfed until they died are automatically coded 13 (Child died) as the reason for stopping breastfeeding.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child's breastfeeding Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |