Samson B. Adebayo, "Bayesian Geoadditive Modelling of Breastfeeding
Initiation in Nigeria", Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 19, No. 2,
2004, pp. 267-281.

There is only one file with 3552 observations. It is called "adebayo.data".
Each column of the data set represents one of the 16 variables. This file,
which is an ASCII file in DOS format, is zipped in the file adebayo.zip.
Unix users should use "unzip -a".


List of Variables:

state	state or district where respondent has domicile (37 states).

bf1	a binary response variable of when child was put to breast
	(coded as: "1" if child was put to breast immediately i.e < 1 hour,
	"0" otherwise).

bf2	a binary response variable of when child was put to breast
	(coded as: "1" if child was put to breast within the first day i.e
	< 24 hours, "0" otherwise).

bf3	a categorical response variable of when child was put to breast
	(coded as: "1" if child was put to breast immediately, "2" if child
	was put to breast between 1 hour and 24 hours, "3" if child was
	put to breast later than one day i.e. >= "24 hours).

mab	motherīs age at birth (in years).

urban	locality where respondent has domicile ("1" if urban and "-1" 
	if rural).

male	gender ("1" if male and "-1" if female)

NE	implying that the respondent live in the North East region of Nigeria.

NW	implying that the respondent live in the North West region of Nigeria.

SE	implying that the respondent live in the South East region of Nigeria.

SW	implying that the respondent live in the South West region of Nigeria.

noed	respondent hs no formal education or at most incomplete primary school.

primincsec  respondent completed primary school education but did not
            complete secondary school.

homedel	    where child  was delivered ("1" if home, "-1" if hospital).

firstborn   birth order ("1" if first born, "-1" if at least second born).

assisted    if respondent received assistance at the birth of the
	    child ("1" if assisted and "-1" if not assisted).


The source of the data is Macro International Inc., which has a website at
"http://www.measuredhs.com".