Rwanda - Demographic and Health Survey 2000

Reference ID

RWA-NISR-DHS-2000-v1.0

Year

2000

Country

Rwanda

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistic of Rwanda - MINECOFIN

Sponsor(s)

United State Agency for International Development - USAID - Financial assistance
United Nations Fund for population Activities - UNFPA - Financial assistance
United Nations children fund - UNICEF - Financial assistance

Collection(s)

Demography and Health Statistics

Metadata

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Aug 02, 2012

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Duration of breastfeeding (M4)
File: Child

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 0-98
Invalid: 99

Valid cases: 7891
Invalid: 19711
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 98

Questions and instructions

Universe

All children

Literal question

For how many months did you breastfeed (NAME)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		142	1.8%
1		44	0.6%
2		95	1.2%
3		74	0.9%
4		73	0.9%
5		58	0.7%
6		108	1.4%
7		111	1.4%
8		102	1.3%
9		144	1.8%
10		62	0.8%
11		46	0.6%
12		297	3.8%
13		62	0.8%
14		113	1.4%
15		152	1.9%
16		105	1.3%
17		108	1.4%
18		278	3.5%
19		77	1.0%
20		129	1.6%
21		50	0.6%
22		36	0.5%
23		29	0.4%
24		583	7.4%
25		43	0.5%
26		94	1.2%
27		51	0.6%
28		69	0.9%
29		59	0.7%
30		195	2.5%
31		29	0.4%
32		30	0.4%
33		11	0.1%
34		17	0.2%
35		5	0.1%
36		322	4.1%
37		12	0.2%
38		24	0.3%
39		12	0.2%
40		25	0.3%
41		11	0.1%
42		31	0.4%
43		4	0.1%
44		5	0.1%
45		2	0.0%
46		3	0.0%
48		46	0.6%
49		1	0.0%
50		2	0.0%
51		1	0.0%
52		2	0.0%
53		1	0.0%
54		4	0.1%
55		2	0.0%
56		2	0.0%
58		1	0.0%
70		1	0.0%
94	Never breastfed	229	2.9%
95	Still breastfeeding	3448	43.7%
96	Breastfed until died	0	0.0%
97	Inconsistent	0	0.0%
98	DK	19	0.2%
99		31
Sysmiss		19680

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Imputation and Derivation

Derivation

If the response to the question whether she ever breastfed is missing, M4=missing. If she states she has never breastfed, then M4=94. If she states she is still breastfeeding, then M4=95. Otherwise, the literal question is asked.