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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Decision-maker for using FP (W_FPDECIDER)

Data file: BEN2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 629
End: 629
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
623) You say that you are currently using a contraceptive method. Would you say that using contraception is mainly your decision, your husband's/partner's decision, or did you both decide together?

MAINLY RESPONDENT 1
MAINLY HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
JOINT DECISION 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ 6
Categories
Value Category
0 Mainly husband, partner
1 Mainly respondent
2 Joint decision
3 Other
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Don't know
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
For women using family planning, FPDECIDER (V632) reports who decided on the use of contraception (mainly the woman, mainly her partner, joint decision, or someone else).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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