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Health

National Breastfeeding Survey 2001 and 2011

Data from Jan 2001 to Dec 2011

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:00 SGT

HPB (Health Promotion Board)

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NationalBreastfeedingSurvey2001and2011.csv (8 rows, 373 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Time interval Text	Exclusive breastfeeding Numeric (Percentage)	Any breastfeeding Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2001	On day of discharge	0.254	0.849
2001	1 Month post delivery	0.223	0.716
2001	2 Months post delivery	0.136	0.496
2001	6 Months post delivery	0.003	0.211
2011	On day of discharge	0.503	0.961
2011	1 Month post delivery	0.353	0.899
2011	2 Months post delivery	0.278	0.801
2011	6 Months post delivery	0.008	0.416

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Time interval	time_interval	Text	-	-
Exclusive breastfeeding	exclusive_breastfeeding	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as only breast milk (including expressed breast milk) is given. May include drop and syrup forms of vitamins, minerals and medicines and oral rehydration salts (ORS) solution. Predominant breastfeeding is defined as both breast milk (including expressed breast milk) and water are given. May include sweetened water and juices, drop and syrup forms of vitamins, minerals and medicines and ORS solution.
Any breastfeeding	any_breastfeeding	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Any breastfeeding is defined as infant being exclusively/predominantly breastfed or receiving both breast milk and a formula, with or without solids.

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ced52381bdb9b69d5c11f5e34bb37a55"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Health Promotion Board. (2016). National Breastfeeding Survey 2001 and 2011 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ced52381bdb9b69d5c11f5e34bb37a55/view

About this dataset

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Created on

13 Jun 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

HPB (Health Promotion Board)