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

breatfed baby after birth (wom_q454)

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

Did you ever breastfeed (NAME)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	2085	92.8%
2	no	92	4.1%
9	not applicable	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	70	3.1%

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

Interviewer instructions

Breastfeeding is important for fertility and child health. For this question, it does not matter how long the respondent breastfed the child, only whether or not she ever gave the child the breast, even if the baby died very young.

Description

Text

Woman breastfed baby after birth

Universe

All pregnancies (among women aged 12-49 years) in the five years preceding the survey