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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Liquids given before breastmilk, first 3 days: Other (last birth) (W_NBFEDOTH_01)

Data file: LSO2004-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2426
End: 2426
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
443 What was (NAME) given to drink before your began flowing regularly? Anything else?
RECORD ALL LIQUIDS MENTIONED

MILK (OTHER THAN MILK 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 women who gave birth in the last three to five years, NBFEDOTH_01 (M55X_1) indicates whether the child was given some other liquid in the first three days (for the last birth). The meaning of "other" is relative to the specific categories included in a given sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Breastfeeding and infant feeding Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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