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Innovation Panel Variable

brfedfh

Breastfeed

Datafile

Question asked in the latest wave:

fertilityhistory_ip17.brfedfh

Question label:

Breastfeed

Question text:

Did you breastfeed [CHILD NAME], even if only for a short time?

Question universe:

if [(ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS) & ff_everint 1] // New entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds
And if [LPRNTADP2 = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.NNATCH > 0] // Has had biological child(ren) or R has biological children in household
And if [LNPRNT2 > 0] // Has biological children
And if [(LCHLVFH = 1 & LCHNOFH = 99) | LCHLVFH = 2 ] // Resident biological child not on the Household Grid or Non-resident biological child
And if [LChNoFH = GRIDVARIABLES.HGBIOCHM | (((LCHLVFH = 1 & (LChNoFH = 99|DK|REF|MIS)) | LChChkFH = 2) & DEMOGRAPHICS.PSEX = 2)] // Child resident and respondent is biological mother of resident child OR resident child not identified and R is female

Further details:
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Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-85483.08%
Yes1710.77%
No246.15%
Total65100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8415599.5%
Yes1100.24%
No280.19%
Currently breastfeeding330.07%
Total4176100.0%

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