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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Breastfeeding status (categorical) (C_BRSFEDCAT)

Data file: TZA2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1537
End: 1538
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
466) How long after birth did you first put (NAME) to the breast? IF LESS THAN 1 HOUR, RECORD '00' HOURS; IF LESS THAN 24 HOURS, RECORD HOURS; OTHERWISE, RECORD DAYS.

IMMEDIATELY 000
HOURS 1_____
DAYS 2_____
Categories
Value Category
00 Never breastfed
10 Ever breastfed
11 Still breastfeeding
12 Ever breastfed, not currently breastfeeding
13 Breastfed until died
96 Inconsistent
97 Don't know
98 Missing
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 five years preceding the survey, BRSFEDCAT indicates whether the child was ever breastfed, and, if so, whether the child is still breastfeeding.

The related variable BRSFEDUR (M4) reports the number of months of breastfeeding for children who are no longer being breastfed. BRSFEDMO (M5) reports the calculated number of months of breastfeeding, including children who were still breastfeeding at the time of the interview.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child's breastfeeding Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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