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Demographic and Health Surveys Methodology - Measure DHS

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INFANT FEEDINGINITIAL BREASTFEEDINGStatistics:A. Percentage of children ever breastfed.B. Percentage of children who started breastfeeding within one hour <strong>and</strong> one day of birth.C. Percentage of children who received a prelacteal feeding.DefinitionA. Coverage:Population bases:1. Children born in the five years preceding the survey, surviving <strong>and</strong> dead.2. Children born in the five years preceding the survey, surviving <strong>and</strong> dead, who were everbreastfed.B. Numerators:1. Number of children ever breastfed.2. Numbers of children who started breastfeeding within one hour of birth <strong>and</strong> within one day ofbirth.3. Number of children given something other than breast milk during the first three days of lifebefore they started breastfeeding regularly.C. Denominators:Calculation1. Number of children born in the five years preceding the survey to interviewed women.2. Number of children born in the five years preceding who were ever breastfed.Numerators divided by denominator <strong>and</strong> quotient multiplied by 100 to get percentages.Guide to <strong>DHS</strong> Statistics 121 Updated September 2006

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