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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997
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MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Duration of breastfeeding in months (C_BRSFEDUR)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1046
End: 1047
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
429. For how many months did you breastfeed (NAME)?

MONTHS ____
DOESN'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
99 NIU (not in universe)
00 0 months
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31
32 32
33 33
34 34
35 35
36 36
37 37
38 38
39 39
40 40
41 41
42 42
43 43
44 44
45 45
46 46
47 47
48 48
49 49
50 50
51 51
52 52
53 53
54 54
55 55
56 56
57 57
58 58
59 59
60 60+
90 Breastfed until died
92 Ever breastfed, not currently breastfeeding
93 Not asked (child died)
94 Never breastfed
95 Still breastfeeding
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 three to five years preceding the survey, BRSFEDUR (M4) reports the calculated months of breastfeeding for those who are no longer being breastfed.

The related variable BRSFEDMO (M5) differs by including children who were still breastfeeding at the time of the interview. The variable BRSFEDCAT provides categorical information about breastfeeding, by indicating whether children were ever breastfed, and, if so, whether they are still breastfeeding.

The maximum period allowed for BRSFEDUR during the data editing (by survey administrators) was the interval between the date of birth of the child and the date of interview. See the "Comparability" tab for more information regarding comparability across phases.

concept

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