BRSFEDCOLOS_ALL variables are 2-digit variables.
0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Don't know
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
BRSFEDCOLOS_ALL indicates whether the woman gave the child colostrum, the first, thick milk from the breast.
BRSFEDCOLOS_ALL consists of a set of up to six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (BRSFEDCOLOS_01) up to, potentially, the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., BRSFEDCOLOS_02, BRSFEDCOLOS_03, BRSFEDCOLOS_04, BRSFEDCOLOS_05, and BRSFEDCOLOS_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If BRSFEDCOLOS_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.
The information in BRSFEDCOLOS_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 BRSFEDCOLOS_06 would not be available for that survey in IPUMS-DHS.
Some surveys, specified in the Comparability section, collected this information for the last-born child only (BRSFEDCOLOS_01).
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, BRSFEDCOLOS_ALL has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
BRSFEDCOLOS_ALL is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — Bangladesh [top]
The 1997 Bangladesh survey collected this information for the last birth only. The 2004 and 2007 Bangladesh surveys collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Nepal [top]
The 1996 Nepal survey asks, "Did you squeeze out the milk from the breast before you first put (NAME) to the breast?" "Yes, squeezed out" responses are coded as "No, did not give colostrum" in BRSFEDCOLOS_ALL, and "No, did not squeeze out" responses are coded as "Yes, gave colostrum" in BRSFEDCOLOS_ALL.
Comparability — Nigeria [top]
The 1990 and 1999 Nigerian surveys collected this information for the last birth only.
Comparability — Pakistan [top]
The 2000 Pakistan survey collected this information for the last birth only.
Universe
- Bangladesh 1997: Ever-married women age 10-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
- Bangladesh 2004: Ever-married women age 10-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
- Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
- Chad 2004: Women age 15-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
- Congo Brazzaville 2011: Women age 15-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
- Nepal 1996: Ever-married women age 15-49 whose last-born child under age 3 was ever breastfed.
- Nepal 2001: Ever-married women age 15-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
- Nigeria 1990: Women age 15-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
- Nigeria 1999: Women age 10-49 whose last-born child under age 3 was ever breastfed.
- Pakistan 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
- Sri Lanka 1987: Ever-married women age 15-49 whose last-born child under age 5 was ever breastfed.
