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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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Reference ID
NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Post-partum check: Observed breastfeeding (C_PPBFOBS)

Data file: NPL2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1741
End: 1741
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
457. During the first two days after (NAME)'s birth, did any health care provider do the following:
a) Examine the cord?
b) Measure (NAME)'s temperature?
c) Counsel you on danger signs for newborns?
ca) Observe (NAME) for danger signs?
d) Counsel you on breastfeeding?
e) Observe (NAME) breastfeeding?

A) CORD

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

B) TEMP

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

C) SIGNS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

CA) OBSERVE SIGNS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

D) COUNSEL BREAST FEEDING

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

E) OBSERVE BREASTFEEDING

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 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, PPBFOBS (M78E) indicates whether a health care provider observed the child breastfeeding in the first two days after the child's birth.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child health postpartum Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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