BRSFEDENDHOW_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.
1 = Stopped gradually
2 = Stopped suddenly
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
BRSFEDENDHOW_ALL indicates whether the respondent weaned her child from breastfeeding gradually or suddenly.
BRSFEDENDHOW_ALL consists of a set of up to six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (BRSFEDENDHOW_01) up to, potentially, the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., BRSFEDENDHOW_02, BRSFEDENDHOW_03, BRSFEDENDHOW_04, BRSFEDENDHOW_05, and BRSFEDENDHOW_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If BRSFEDENDHOW_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.
The information in BRSFEDENDHOW_ALL was collected for all births within the reference period preceding the survey. In many cases, data were hypothetically collected on up to six births, but no women in the survey had so many births (e.g., no woman had 4 or more births in 3 years, or had 5 or 6 births in 5 years). If, for example, no woman in a survey had 6 births in five years and only blank values were included in the original DHS file, then BRSFEDENDHOW_06 would not be available for that survey in IPUMS-DHS.
Some samples, specified in the Comparability section, collected this information for the most recent birth only (BRSFEDENDHOW_01).
Comparability — Index
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GENERAL |
Morocco |
Tunisia |
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, BRSFEDENDHOW_ALL has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
BRSFEDENDHOW_ALL is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — Morocco [top]
The 1987 Morocco survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2003 Morocco survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Tunisia [top]
The 1988 Tunisia survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Universe
- Morocco 1987: Ever-married women age 15-49, whose last born child under age 5 is still alive and is no longer breastfeeding due to weaning.
- Morocco 2003: Women age 15-49 whose last-born child is no longer breastfeeding for any reason other than the child died.
- Tunisia 1988: Ever-married women age 15-49, whose last born child under age 5 is still alive and is no longer breastfeeding due to weaning.
- Yemen 1991: Ever-married women age 15-54 whose last-born child is no longer breastfeeding for any reason other than the child died.
