Table 7 List of variables

Early initiation of breastfeeding (Child aged 0–23 months)

Binary

0. No

1. Yes

Women’s questionnaire:

q441: How long after birth did you first put (NAME) to the breast?

Exclusive breastfeeding (Child aged 0–5 months)

Binary

0. No

1. Yes

Women’s questionnaire:

q445: Are you still breastfeeding (NAME)?

q492: Now I would like to ask you about liquids (NAME) drank over the last seven days, including yesterday. In total, how many times yesterday during the day or at night did (NAME FROM Q. 491) drink (ITEM)?

ITEM LIST: plain water, commercially produced infant formula, any other milk such as condensed sweetened milk, powdered, or fresh animal milk, fruit juice, any other liquids such as sugar water, tea, coffee, carbonated drinks, or soup broth

q493. Now I would like to ask you about the types of foods (NAME) ate over the last seven days, including yesterday. In total, how many times yesterday during the day or at night did (NAME FROM Q. 491) drink (ITEM)?

ITEM LIST: any food made from grains, e.g., maize, rice, sago or other local grains, pumpkin, sweet potatoes or yams or carrots, any other foods made from roots or tubers, e.g., potatoes, white sweet potatoes, cassava, or other local roots/tubers, any green leafy vegetables, such as spinach, cassava leaves, mango, papaya, durian, jackfruit or other yellow and red fruits, any other fruits and vegetables, e.g., bananas, apples, green beans, peas, avocados, tomatoes, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, or eggs, any food made from legumes, e.g., tofu, tempeh, lentils, beans, soybeans, pulses, or peanuts, cheese or yoghurt, any food made of oil, fat or butter

Cont. breastfeeding at 1 year (child aged 12–15 months)

Binary

0. No

1. Yes

Women’s questionnaire:

q445: Are you still breastfeeding (NAME)?

Region

Categorical nominal

1. Sumatra

2. Java & Bali

3. Kalimantan

4. Sulawesi

5. Eastern Indonesia

Women’s questionnaire:

q1: Province

Type of residence

Categorical nominal

0. Rural

1. Urban

Women’s questionnaire:

q5: Urban/rural

Maternal education

Categorical ordinal

1. No education/incomplete primary

2. Primary/ incomplete secondary

3. Secondary+

Women’s questionnaire:

q108: What is the highest level of school you attended: primary, junior high, senior high, academy or university?

Maternal occupation

Categorical nominal

0. Unemployed

1. Employee: professional

2. Employee: others

3. Self-employed/work for family

q710: What is your (most recent) occupation, that is, what kind of work (do/did) you mainly do?

q713: Do you do this work for a member of your family, for someone else, or are you self-employed?

Wealth

Categorical ordinal

1. Poorest

2. Poorer

3. Middle

4. Richer

5. Richest

https://www.dhsprogram.com/topics/wealth-index/Wealth-Index-Construction.cfm

Place of delivery

Categorical nominal

0. Non-health facility

1. Government health facility

2. Private health facility

q427: Where did you give birth to (name)?

Birth assistance

Categorical nominal

0. Non-skilled birth attendant

1. Skilled birth attendant

q426: Who assisted with delivery of (name)?