Breastfeed
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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:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 150 | 82.42% |
| Yes | 1 | 16 | 8.79% |
| No | 2 | 15 | 8.24% |
| Currently breastfeeding | 3 | 1 | 0.55% |
| Total | 182 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 9301 | 82.21% |
| refusal | -2 | 6 | 0.05% |
| Yes | 1 | 1380 | 12.2% |
| No | 2 | 565 | 4.99% |
| Currently breastfeeding | 3 | 62 | 0.55% |
| Total | 11314 | 100.0% |
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