Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who gave birth in the five years before the survey, NBFEDGHUT_01 indicates whether their newborn child was given ghutti, an Ayurvedic medicine, in the first three days after delivery (for the last birth).
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording (see below), NBFEDGHUT_01 is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
NBFEDGHUT_01 is based on an open-ended question about foods given to newborns in the first three days after delivery, included in the standard DHS questionnaire for Phases IV through VI. NBFEDGHUT_01 is a country-specific response category.
In Phase IV, the standard questionnaire asks, "What was (NAME) given to drink before your milk began flowing regularly?"
In Phases V and VI, the standard questionnaires ask, "What was (NAME) given to drink?"
Comparability — India [top]
The 2005, 2015, and 2019 India samples include "janam ghutti" as a response category.
Universe
- India 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and ever breastfed the child.
- India 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and ever breastfed the child.
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and ever breastfed the child.
- Pakistan 1991: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and who breastfed the child, but who did not put the child to the breast "immediately."
- Pakistan 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and ever breastfed the child.
- Pakistan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and ever breastfed the child.
