Reference number: Date of survey: Administrative level: 197 2007 N Location and sample descriptor Sex Ever breastfed exclusive any <4 Exclusive rate <6 Early initiation of Bottle-feeding rate 0-11 Intro solid, semi-solid foods 6-9 mo Minimum dietary diversity Minimum meal frequency 1 Year Continued 2 Years Line note National: Total (bateyes) B 93.8 942 14.0 49 9.4 72 74.0 631 65.6 171 33.3 265 50.6 48 21.2 74 1 Children by sex F 93.2 479 74.7 318 31.2 135 Children by sex M 94.3 462 73.4 314 35.4 131 Survey note: Sampling: two-stage stratified cluster sampling with probability proportionate to ; sample selected from 209 bateyes ("batey" is a community where workers from the agricultural sector live); 2850 households selected; data on "early initiation of " collected among last-born children. Reference: Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demográficos (CESDEM) y Marco International Inc. Encuesta Sociodemográfica y sobre VIH/SIDA en los Bateyes Estatales de la República Dominicana 2007 [Dominican Republic Sociodemographic and HIV/AIDS survey in the Bateyes, 2007]. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana y Calverton, Maryland, USA: CESDEM y Marco International Inc., 2008.
Reference number: Date of survey: Administrative level: 212 2007 N Location and sample descriptor Sex Ever breastfed exclusive any <4 Exclusive rate <6 Early initiation of Bottle-feeding rate 0-11 Intro solid, semi-solid foods 6-9 mo Minimum dietary diversity Minimum meal frequency 1 Year Continued 2 Years Line note National: Total B 92.0 10543 0.5 7.1 NS 11.7 508 7.8 859 65.2 7570 81.3 1922 40.9 2812 33.6 499 12.0 692 2 Children by sex F 92.8 5063 0.5 7.5 NS 64.3 3671 41.0 1394 Children by sex M 91.3 5480 0.5 6.8 NS 66.2 3899 40.7 1419 Children by area: Urban B 92.1 7114 0.5 6.3 NS 64.8 5184 39.2 1926 Children by area: Rural B 91.8 3429 0.5 9.7 NS 66.3 2385 44.5 886 Children by health region: 0 B 94.0 3747 0.5 6.9 NS 69.9 2773 40.3 992 Children by health region: I B 94.1 1254 0.5 9.8 NS 64.3 891 48.5 357 Children by health region: II B 90.2 1657 0.5 4.4 NS 59.9 1208 43.7 462 Children by health region: III B 90.7 648 0.4 10.7 NS 58.6 456 41.2 167 Children by health region: IV B 91.5 507 0.4 12.5 NS 59.8 352 43.9 132 Children by health region: V B 89.0 1046 0.4 7.6 NS 70.0 715 34.9 278 Children by health region: VI B 92.9 325 0.6 11.4 NS 69.8 222 43.4 85 Children by health region: VII B 87.7 487 0.5 5.8 NS 57.1 334 37.0 118 Children by health region: VIII B 91.2 871 0.4 6.6 NS 61.4 619 31.6 221 Children by province: Azua B 95.7 270 55.6 197 57.7 64 Children by province: Bahoruco B 91.4 183 58.7 121 50.3 43 Children by province: Barahona B 90.4 241 59.0 174 41.0 68 Children by province: Dajabón B 91.1 64 40.7 42 48.3 16 Children by province: Distrito Nacional B 93.5 1001 65.3 740 42.4 256 Children by province: Duarte B 89.8 257 66.0 180 40.3 71 Children by province: El Seibo B 92.5 98 51.1 67 38.7 27 Children by province: Elías Piña B 96.5 74 29.4 51 40.2 20 Children by province: Espaillat B 89.0 282 51.3 200 29.5 70 Children by province: Hato Mayor B 94.9 84 51.2 62 37.1 22 Children by province: Hermanas Mirabal B 88.4 79 59.2 58 24.7 19 Children by province: Independencia B 95.9 53 49.1 37 36.7 15 Children by province: La Altagrácia B 81.4 255 60.5 161 25.7 65 Children by province: La Romana B 87.4 254 63.1 176 44.4 68 Children by province: La Vega B 90.3 498 59.4 355 28.8 129 Children by province: María Trinidad Sánc B 91.5 175 49.1 126 60.6 41 Children by province: Monseñor Nouel B 92.3 246 65.5 171 33.4 60 Children by province: Monte Plata B 95.8 231 71.6 162 45.6 69 Children by province: Monto Cristo B 85.5 101 69.8 69 42.5 23 Children by province: Pedernales B 94.1 30 62.1 21 48.0 7 Children by province: Peravia B 91.0 232 66.5 164 53.4 63 Children by province: Puerto Plata B 89.4 339 58.8 238 37.1 84 Children by province: Samaná B 92.9 136 56.6 92 29.9 36 Children by province: San Crtisóbal B 94.5 696 66.5 487 45.5 217 Children by province: San José de Ocoa B 94.3 56 71.3 43 31.8 14 Children by province: San Juan B 91.8 252 36.9 171 44.3 66 Children by province: San Pedro de Macor B 93.2 356 56.4 248 32.9 96 Children by province: Sánchez Ramírez B 92.5 127 67.9 92 39.4 33 Children by province: Santiago B 90.8 1037 62.5 770 48.7 308 Children by province: Santiago Rodríguez B 91.1 60 71.4 42 51.3 15 Children by province: Santo Domingo B 94.0 2516 71.6 1872 39.0 666 Children by province: Valverde B 87.0 262 59.4 180 28.9 63
Survey note: Sampling: two-stage stratified cluster sampling with probability proportionate to ; sample selected from 36445 households; data on "early initiation of " collected among last-born children. Reference: Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demográficos (CESDEM) y Macro International Inc. Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud 2007 [Demographic and Health Survey 2007]. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: CESDEM y Macro International Inc., 2008.
Reference number: Date of survey: Administrative level: 111 2002 N Location and sample descriptor Sex Ever breastfed exclusive any <4 Exclusive rate <6 Early initiation of Bottle-feeding rate 0-11 Intro solid, semi-solid foods 6-9 mo Minimum dietary diversity Minimum meal frequency 1 Year Continued 2 Years Line note National: Total B 92.0 10850 0.5 6.6 5658 13.3 666 10.4 955 68.7 9984 82.0 2010 86.9 327 29.9 705 15.6 654 3 Children by sex F 92.6 5297 0.5 6.2 2764 69.0 4906 Children by sex M 91.5 5553 0.4 6.9 2894 68.4 5078 Children by area: Urban B 91.3 7098 0.5 6.0 3751 66.7 6481 Children by area: Rural B 93.4 3752 0.5 8.2 1907 72.3 3503 Children by health region: 0 B 92.3 3597 0.5 6.1 1911 70.3 3319 4 Children by health region: I B 93.8 1334 0.5 9.9 715 77.7 1252 5 Children by health region: II B 90.1 1881 0.4 3.9 958 58.4 1694 6 Children by health region: III B 90.6 696 0.5 7.2 369 67.4 630 7 Children by health region: IV B 93.5 466 0.6 13.2 239 70.4 436 8 Children by health region: V B 91.4 1214 0.4 6.9 610 71.2 1109 9 Children by health region: VI B 95.2 372 0.6 15.9 196 82.1 354 10 Children by health region: VII B 91.5 430 0.4 5.5 227 64.6 394 11 Children by health region: VIII B 92.5 861 0.5 5.6 433 62.4 796 12 Children by province: Azua B 92.3 291 0.5 12.2 147 72.2 268 Children by province: Bahoruco B 96.7 142 0.7 14.1 72 75.6 137 Children by province: Barahona B 91.5 236 0.6 13.2 119 66.9 216 Children by province: Dajabón B 97.3 62 0.5 6.7 32 58.4 61 Children by province: Distrito Nacional B 90.9 1050 0.6 5.3 540 67.7 954 Children by province: Duarte B 89.4 314 0.4 7.1 174 71.9 280 Children by province: El Seibo B 92.1 110 0.4 7.8 57 76.3 102 Children by province: Elías Piña B 96.8 84 0.6 14.8 41 80.6 81 Children by province: Espaillat B 93.5 238 0.4 3.1 127 66.1 222 Children by province: Hato Mayor B 90.0 101 0.8 5.8 53 78.5 91 Children by province: Independencia B 93.5 58 0.4 6.5 31 70.0 54 Children by province: La Atlagracia B 87.2 277 0.4 4.3 138 61.6 242 Children by province: La Romana B 91.3 308 0.4 6.8 151 64.0 281 Children by province: La Vega B 93.0 465 0.5 6.0 233 60.6 433 Children by province: María T. Sánchez B 91.4 149 0.4 7.5 73 54.7 137 Children by province: Monseñor Nouel B 90.5 243 0.4 4.1 121 63.8 220 Children by province: Monte Cristi B 91.4 120 0.4 5.2 66 75.1 110 Children by province: Monte Plata B 94.0 272 0.5 11.0 141 74.3 256 Children by province: Pedernales B 94.0 31 0.5 14.2 16 72.4 29 Children by province: Peravia B 94.7 249 0.6 11.4 132 80.6 236 Children by province: Puerto Plata B 89.8 345 0.4 6.8 177 66.9 309 Children by province: Salcedo B 92.7 116 0.4 7.7 61 73.7 108 Children by province: Samaná B 90.7 117 1.4 5.7 61 65.4 106 Children by province: San Cristóbal B 94.1 724 0.5 7.2 397 78.1 681 Children by province: San José de Ocoa B 94.3 70 0.7 7.1 39 85.4 66 Children by province: San Juan B 94.8 288 0.6 16.8 155 82.6 273 Children by province: San Pedro de Macor B 94.4 417 0.5 10.7 211 79.1 394 Children by province: Sánchez Ramírez B 94.3 152 0.5 6.0 79 65.5 144 Children by province: Santiago B 89.5 1298 0.4 3.4 654 54.7 1162 Children by province: Santiago Rodríguez B 92.0 49 0.4 10.5 26 60.7 45 Children by province: Santo Domingo B 92.7 2275 0.4 6.0 1230 71.0 2109 Children by province: Valverde B 89.6 199 0.4 4.5 103 61.2 178
Survey note: Sampling: two-stage stratified cluster sampling with probability proportionate to ; sample selected from 35013 households. Reference: Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demográficos (CESDEM) y ORC Macro. Encuesta Demografíca y Salud 2002 (ENDESA 2002) [Demographic and Health Survey 2002]. Calverton, Maryland, USA: CESDEM y ORC Macro, 2003.
Line Notes Line note: 1 Bottle-feeding rate calculated prevalence. Line note: 2 Bottle-feeding rate calculated prevalence. Line note: 3 Line note: 4 Line note: 5 Line note: 6 Line note: 7 Line note: 8 Line note: 9 Line note: 10 Line note: 11 Line note: 12 Exclusive under 4 and bottle-feeding rate calculated prevalences. Health region 0: Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo and Monte Plata. Health region I: Peravia, San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa and Azua. Health region II: Espaillat, Puerto Plata and Santiago Health region III: Duarte, María T. Sánchez, Salcedo and Samaná. Health region IV: Independencia, Bahoruco, Barahona and Pedernales. Health region V: El Seibo, La Atlagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís and Hato Mayor. Health region VI: San Juan and Elías Piña. Health region VII: Dajabón, Monte Cristi, Santiago Rodríguez and Valverde Health region VIII: La Vega, Monseñor Nouel and Sánchez Ramírez.