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Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997
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BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given colostrum (C_BRSFEDCOLOS)

Data file: BGD1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 943
End: 943
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
426A. Was (NAME) given colostrum (first milk from the breast) to drink?
(MOST RECENT BIRTH WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS)

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
BRSFEDCOLOS indicates whether the child's mother gave the child colostrum (the first, thick milk from the breast).

concept

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