Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009

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Reference ID

WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1

Producer(s)

Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health

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May 20, 2025

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When child put to breast (V426)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 520

End: 522

Width: 3

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	Immediately
100	Within first hour
101	Hours: 1
199	Hours: number missing
201	Days: 1
299	Days: number missing

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

Time after the birth at which the respondent first breastfed the last child. The first digit gives the units in which the respondent gave her answer. Code 0 means the child was breastfed immediately after birth, code 1 indicates the response was in hours, code 2 in days, with code 9 meaning a special answer was given. The last two digits give the time in the units given. Any value for time greater than 90 is a special answer. The response "Immediately" is recorded as 000.

Universe

Respondents whose last child born in the last three/five years was ever breastfed. (V417 > 0 & M4(1) <> 94).

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