UPHD - Maternal and child health project

KENYA, 2007 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

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At what age(Months) should complementary foods be introduced to a baby? (v0517)

Data file: recruitment (first visit)

Overview

vald 5394

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

5.17 At what age should complementary foods be introduced to a baby?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		11	0.2%
1		96	1.8%
2		177	3.3%
3		495	9.2%
4		456	8.5%
5		143	2.7%
6		3724	69%
7		52	1%
8		22	0.4%
9		34	0.6%
10		1	0%
12		12	0.2%
56		1	0%
98	Don't Know	130	2.4%
99	Child is dead	40	0.7%

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.

Question post text

RECORD AGE IN MONTHS. IF LESS THAN A MONTH, RECORD 00; IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD '98'

Interviewer instructions

RECORD AGE IN MONTHS. IF LESS THAN A MONTH, RECORD 00; IF DON'T KNOW, RECORD '98'

Description

Text

Captures the opinion of the mother as to what age complementary foods should be introduced to a baby?

In Cohorts 1 & 2 it appears without making reference to the mother's opinion while from Cohort 3, it alludes to the mother's opinion.