Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

duration between last birth & breastfeeding-unit (wom_q455_unit)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN PREGNANCY ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 2247

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How long after birth did you first put (NAME) to the breast?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	hours	465	20.7%
2	days	93	4.1%
900	immediately	1142	50.8%
994	don't remember	15	0.7%
999	not applicable	512	22.8%
9999995	missing:impute	20	0.9%

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 pretext

Question post text

IF LESS THAN 1 HOUR, RECORD '00' HOURS. IF LESS THAN 24 HOURS, RECORD HOURS. OTHERWISE, RECORD DAYS.

Interviewer instructions

If the mother reports that the baby was put to the breast immediately after birth, select 'IMMEDIATELY.' Otherwise, record the time in completed hours or days.

Example: The woman said she began breastfeeding within an hour of the birth. select 'HOURS' and record '00'.

Example: The woman said she began breastfeeding 30 hours after the birth. Select 'DAYS' and record '01'.

Description

Text

Duration between baby's birth & breastfeeding-unit

Universe

Last pregnancy (among women aged 12-49 years) in the five years preceding the survey for which woman breastfed the baby according to wom_q454