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Mainstage Variable

brfedfh

Breastfeed

Datafile

Index terms

Question asked in the latest wave:

fertilityhistory_w15.brfedfh

Question label:

Breastfeed

Question text:

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

Question universe:

if [ANNUALFERTILITYHISTORY.NBORNLWB > 0 | 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] // Resident biological child
And if [(ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint 1) & (LChNoFH = GRIDVARIABLES.HGBIOCHM | (((LChNoFH = 99|DK|REF|MIS) |LChChkFH = 2) & DEMOGRAPHICS.PSEX = 2))] // R is new entrant never interviewed excluding rising 16 year olds and child resident and respondent is biological mother of resident child OR resident child not identified and R is female

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-815082.42%
Yes1168.79%
No2158.24%
Currently breastfeeding310.55%
Total182100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8930182.21%
refusal-260.05%
Yes1138012.2%
No25654.99%
Currently breastfeeding3620.55%
Total11314100.0%

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