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

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

African Population & Health Research Center

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how many months was baby breastfed (wom_q460)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN PREGNANCY ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 2247

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For how many months did you breastfeed (NAME)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		89	4%
1		17	0.8%
2		30	1.3%
3		17	0.8%
4		6	0.3%
5		8	0.4%
6		51	2.3%
7		14	0.6%
8		29	1.3%
9		34	1.5%
10		13	0.6%
11		14	0.6%
12		141	6.3%
13		17	0.8%
14		46	2%
15		34	1.5%
16		42	1.9%
17		19	0.8%
18		213	9.5%
19		19	0.8%
20		29	1.3%
21		16	0.7%
22		5	0.2%
23		3	0.1%
24		294	13.1%
25		5	0.2%
26		19	0.8%
27		3	0.1%
28		8	0.4%
29		2	0.1%
30		48	2.1%
31		1	0%
32		4	0.2%
34		1	0%
36		43	1.9%
91	still breastfeeding	5	0.2%
98	don't know	15	0.7%
99	not applicable	859	38.2%
9999995	missing:impute	34	1.5%

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

Q.460 is asked if the child is no longer being breastfed. It is important to try to get the most accurate information possible. We are interested in how many months she was breastfeeding at all. It does not matter whether she was giving the child other liquids or foods as well as breastfeeding. Record the answer in completed months. If the respondent says she cannot remember how long she breastfed a child, urge her to think about it for a while or ask her whether she remembers how old the child was when she stopped breastfeeding. If she gives an approximate answer, such as “about one year,” establish whether it was exactly one year or how much more or less.

Description

Text

Duration that woman breastfed the baby (in months)

Universe

All pregnancies (among women aged 12-49 years) in the five years preceding the survey for which woman breastfed the baby according to wom_q454 and for which baby is not living according to wom_q404