ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Infant Feeding Survey, 2005 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5727</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> BMRB. Social Research<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Information Centre for Health and Social Care<br>Scottish Government<br>Welsh Assembly Government<br>Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (Northern Ireland)<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> October 2007 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> BMRB. Social Research, <i> Infant Feeding Survey, 2005</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], October 2007. SN: 5727, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5727-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 5727 . Infant Feeding Survey, 2005<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>BMRB. Social Research</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>BMRB. Social Research</h5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Information Centre for Health and Social Care<br>Scottish Government<br>Welsh Assembly Government<br>Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (Northern Ireland)<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>Government policy has consistently supported breast-feeding as the best way of ensuring a healthy start for infants. In the 1970s, with the rates of breast-feeding declining, the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA) Working Party was set up to review infant feeding. Recommendations included that mothers should be encouraged to breast-feed, and that they should be discouraged from introducing solid foods to their infants before the age of four months. Subsequent reports about infant feeding have continued to endorse these recommendations.<br> <br> The COMA Working Party also recommended that a national survey be conducted to establish basic information about infant feeding practices. The first <i>Infant Feeding Survey</i> survey took place in 1975 and provided baseline statistics about feeding practices in England and Wales. Since then, surveys have been conducted every five years. The 1980 and 1985 surveys also covered Scotland, and from the 1990 survey, all four countries of the United Kingdom were included. The 1975-1995 surveys were conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), and the 2000 and 2005 surveys by BMRB Social Research.<br> <br> The UK Data Archive holds <i>Infant Feeding Survey</i> data from 1985 onwards. A separate survey, <i>Infant Feeding in Asian Families, 1994-1996</i>, covering England only, is held under SN 3759.<br>The 2005 survey was the first to provide separate estimates for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as for the UK as a whole, and to provide estimates of exclusive breast-feeding (where the baby is given only breast milk, no other liquids or solids).<br> <br> The survey was based on an initial representative sample of mothers who were selected from all UK births registered during August and September 2005. Three stages of data collection were conducted, with Stage 1 being carried out when babies were around 4-10 weeks old, Stage 2 when they were 4-6 months old, and Stage 3 when they were 8-10 months old. A total of 9,416 mothers completed and returned all three questionnaires.<br> <br> Further information about the 2005 survey, including links to reports, may be found on the Information Centre for Health and Social Care's <a href="http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles/infant-feeding/infant-feeding-survey-2005" title="Infant Feeding Survey, 2005"><i>Infant Feeding Survey, 2005</i></a> web page.<br> <br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>Topics covered in the questionnaires included: details of pregnancy and birth; how infants are fed, including incidence, prevalence and duration of breast-feeding, and types of milk/other drinks/food given; vitamins consumed by mother and baby; post-natal care and childcare advice received; mothers' intentions and practices regarding breast-feeding, including feeding in public places; smoking and drinking during pregnancy; mothers' intentions to return to or start work; and demographic details of mother.<br> <br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> Wave 1 fieldwork: October-December 2005; Wave 2: January-April 2006; Wave 3: May-August 2006. <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> United Kingdom <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Countries;Government Office Regions (GORs);Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs);Health and Social Services Boards <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Mothers who gave birth in the period August-September 2005, resident in the United Kingdom. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study<br> conducted once every five years<br> The survey had a longitudinal element in that respondents were surveyed three times during the fieldwork period. <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> One-stage stratified or systematic random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> Wave 1: 12,290 cases. Wave 2: 10,814 cases. Wave 3: 9,416 cases. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Postal survey; Self-completion <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Weighting used. See documentation for details. </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required. Available to all registered users. The depositor may be informed about usage. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 12 October 2007<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>