Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0

Producer(s)

National Population Commission (NPC)

Metadata

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Months of breastfeeding (M5)

Data file: Child

Overview

Valid: 27348

Invalid: 77460

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 97

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 100

End: 101

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For how many months did you breastfeed (NAME)?

Description

Universe

All children

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

If the woman states her period has not returned since her last birth, then if the woman is pregnant, M7 is calculated as the difference between the date of interview and her last child's date of birth, adjusting for the number of months she has been pregnant (V008 - V214 - B3); if the woman is not pregnant, then it is simply the difference between the date of interview and her last child's date of birth. If the woman's period has returned since her last birth, then the literal question is asked. It is further adjusted based on the flag condition of M27.

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Notes

code 94 used for Never breastfed, code 97 used for Inconsistent

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round