Demographic and Health Survey 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1991

Reference ID

CMR_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministère du Plan et de l'Aménagement du Territoire (Direction Nationale du Deuxième Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat)[Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Type of method: Diaphragm, foam, or jelly (M_FPTYPDIAFJMN)

Data file: CMR1991-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 409

End: 409

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

203) Have you or your wife/wives ever used (method)?

01. Pill: Women can take a pill every day.

YES 1
NO 2

02. IUD: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

03. Injectables: Women can have an injection by a health provider which stops them from becoming pregnant for several months.

YES 1
NO 2

04. Diaphragm/foam/jelly: Women can place a sponge, suppository, diaphragm, jelly, or cream inside themselves before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

05. Condom (rubber): Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis during sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

06. Female Sterilization/tubal ligation: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

Has your wife undergone an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

07. Male sterilization/vasectomy: Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children. Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

08. Rhythm method/Ogino: Some couples avoid having sex during those times of the month when the woman is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

09. Abstinence: Outside of the cessation of sexual relations traditionally observed after giving birth, some couples avoid having sexual intercourse for months so that the woman doesn't become pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

10. Withdrawal: Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

11. Other methods: Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

METHOD ONE (SPECIFY): ___
YES 1
NO 2

METHOD TWO (SPECIFY): ___
YES 1
NO 2

METHOD THREE (SPECIFY): ___
YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
1	Modern method
2	Traditional method
3	Folkloric method

Description

Definition

FPTYPDIAFJMN reports whether the diaphragm, foam, or (spermacidal) jelly are considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample.

In the DHS, generally modern methods are the Pill, IUD, injections, diaphragm, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, implants, female condom, foam/jelly, lactational amenorrhea, and emergency contraception. Traditional methods are periodic abstinence (rhythm), withdrawal, and abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other" and country-specific methods (such as herbs or amulet), which vary across samples.

IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in the complementary variable FPTYPNOWMN (MV313), which indicates whether the man's current contraceptive method is modern, traditional, or folkloric.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Type of family planning method Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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