Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0

Producer(s)

National Population Commission (NPC)

Metadata

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Oct 18, 2010

Last modified

Dec 02, 2013

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Duration of breastfeeding (M4)

Data file: Child

Overview

Valid: 27348

Invalid: 77460

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 95

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 98

End: 99

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For how many months did you breastfeed (NAME)?

Description

Universe

All children

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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.

Others

Notes

code 94 used for Never breastfed, code used for 95 Still breastfeeding, code 96 used for Breastfed until died, code 97 used for Inconsistent

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round