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Mongolia - MICS 2005

Reference ID	MNG-NSO-MICS2005-v1.0
Year	2005
Country	Mongolia
Producer(s)	National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s)	UNICEF - UNICEF - Funding of survey implementation Ministry of Finance of Mongolia - MoFM - Funding of survey implementation
Collection(s)	Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
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Created on	Jul 31, 2013
Last modified	Jul 08, 2014
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  • Children's living arrangements
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    • Antenatal care
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    • Anthropometry
    • Breastfeeding
    • Salt iodization and usage of flour fortified by vitamins and minerals
  • Child health
    • Vitamin A
    • Immunizations
    • Care seeking behaviour
    • Diarrhoea
    • Acute respiratory infection
    • Disposal of child's stools
  • Source and cost of supplies
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  • Child protection
    • Birth registration
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    • Child disability
    • Attitudes towards domestic violence
  • Marriage/union
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Still being breastfed (BF2)
File: Child

Overview

Type: Discrete Format: numeric Width: 1 Decimals: 0 Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 3448 (3447.8) Invalid: 120 (99.2) Minimum: 1 Maximum: 2

Universe

Children aged 0-4 years and who ever been breastfed

Source of information

The mother or caretaker of the child aged 0-4 years

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Yes	1688	1689	49.0%
2	No	1760	1759	51.0%
8	Don't know	0	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		120	99

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.

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is he/she still being breastfed?

Interviewer instructions

"Being breastfed" is defined as putting the child to the breast at least once a day.

Circle the code corresponding to the response.