Variable | Description |
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Conflict | |
 Average casualty rate | Average conflict-related casualty rate, per 1000 population, in three years preceding survey, in governorate of household |
 Pre-birth casualty rate | Average conflict-related casualty rate, per 1000 population, two years prior to birth of child, in governorate of household |
Breastfeeding | |
 Child ever breastfed | Binary indicating if child has ever been breastfed |
 Hours to breastfeeding | Binary indicating if the child was breastfed within one hour of birth |
 Exclusive breastfeeding | Binary indicating if the child is only breastfed (=1) or receives any other liquids or solids (=0) |
 Current breastfeeding | Binary indicating if child was breastfed at time of survey |
 Milk or infant formula | Binary indicating if child is receiving milk or infant formula |
Health | |
 Low birthweight below 2.5 kg | Binary indicating if child had low birthweight at birth, defined as being below 2.5 kg |
 ANC with skilled personnel | Binary indicating if mother received antenatal care by a health professional (doctor, midwife, or nurse) or licensed birth attendant |
 Childbirth with skilled personnel | Binary indicating if child was delivered by a health professional or licensed birth attendant |
 Birth by caesarean section | Binary indicating if mother had a caesarean section |
 Contraception | Binary indicating if mother or father is currently practicing one of the following methods of contraception: sterilization, pill, IUD, injections, implants, condom, diaphragm, foam/jelly, lactational amenorrhea method, periodic abstinence, withdrawal |
Individual/household | |
 Male child | Binary indicating if the child is male |
 Children ever born | Number of children ever born to the mother |
 Dead children | Number of children born to mother who passed away |
 Primiparous mother | Binary indicating if the child is a firstborn |
 Child marriage | Binary indicating of the mother was married before 18 years |
 Husband-wife age difference | Age difference between husband and wife in years |
 Age of mother | Age of mother in years |
 Primary education of mother | Binary indicating if mother completed primary education |
 Secondary education of mother | Binary indicating if mother completed secondary education |
 Mother works | Binary indicating if the mother is employed |
 Female household head | Binary indicating if the household head is female |
Regional | |
 Urban | Binary indicating if household resides in an urban (=1) or rural (=0) area |
 Kurd | Binary indicating if household resides in a Kurd-dominant governorate, found in north-east Iraq |
 Sunni | Binary indicating if household resides in a Sunni-dominant governorate, found in the middle and north-west Iraq |