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Mainstage Variable

brfedfh

Breastfeed

Datafile

Index term

Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
brfedfh1 natchild no. 1: Breastfeed indresp
brfedfh2 natchild no. 2: Breastfeed indresp
brfedfh3 natchild no. 3: Breastfeed indresp
brfedfh4 natchild no. 4: Breastfeed indresp
brfedfh5 natchild no. 5: Breastfeed indresp
brfedfh6 natchild no. 6: Breastfeed indresp
brfedfh7 natchild no. 7: Breastfeed indresp
brfedfh8 natchild no. 8: Breastfeed indresp
brfedfh9 natchild no. 9: Breastfeed indresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

fertilityhistory_w14.brfedfh

Question label:

Breastfeed

Question text:

Did you breastfeed CHILD'S NAME, even if only for a short time?

Question universe:

if (ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint 1) | ff_hhorig = 21 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds OR W14 boost sample respondents)
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 = GRIDVARIABLES.HGBIOCHM (Child resident and respondent is biological mother of resident child)

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

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