Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012

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Reference ID

LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Jan 06, 2014

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Jan 06, 2014

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Child still being breastfed (BF2)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 10816

Invalid: 442

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 107

End: 107

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is he/she still being breastfed?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	4102	37.9%
2	No	6704	62%
8	DK	0	0%
9	Missing	10	0.1%
Sysmiss		442

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.

Interviewer instructions

'Being breastfed' is defined as putting the child to the breast at least once a day.

Circle the code corresponding to the response.

The questions BF3-BF18 asks about what the child was fed in the preceding 24 hours. The purpose of these questions is to determine what liquids or foods the child was given. Make sure that the respondent understands the question, particularly what is meant by 'yesterday, during the day or night'.

Circle the code corresponding to the response. If the mother/primary caretaker does not know the answer, repeat the question using other local words for the fluid or food. If the answer is still not known, circle '8' for 'DK'.

Note that for infant formula, milk, yogurt, and solid/semi-solid mushy food, the number of times the child had the food is also asked.

Description

Source of information

The mother or caretaker of the child under five.

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