Demographic Health Survey 2010

Rwanda, 2010 - 2011

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RWA-NISR-DHS-2010-v01

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda NISR

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Demography and Health Statistics

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Duration of breastfeeding (M4)

Data file: Child

Overview

Valid: 516

Invalid: 32123

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 85

End: 86

Width: 2

Range: 93 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For how many months did you breastfeed (NAME)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
93	Ever breastfed, not currently breastfeeding	490	95%
94	Never breastfed	26	5%
95	Still breastfeeding	0	0%
96	Breastfed until died	0	0%
97	Inconsistent	0	0%
98	Don't know	0	0%
99		10
Sysmiss		32113

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.

Description

Universe

All children

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

If the woman states her period has not returned since her last birth, then M6 is set to 96. Otherwise, the literal question is asked.

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