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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 2005
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Reference ID
GIN_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan [Guinea] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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May 14, 2020
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Liquids given before breastmilk, first 3 days: Gripe water (last birth) (W_NBFEDGP_01)

Data file: GIN2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2403
End: 2403
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

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 women who gave birth in the last three to five years, NBFEDGP_01 (M55D_1) indicates whether the child was given gripe water in the first three days (for the last birth). Gripe water is liquid (whose ingredients vary) that is given to infants to treat colic and other stomach ailments.

concept

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