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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Method of periodic abstinence (C_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: CMR1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 550
End: 550
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
314) Which method are you using?
314A) CIRCLE 07 FOR 'FEMALE STERILIZATION'.

PILL 01
IUD 02 (GO TO 325A)
INJECTABLES 03 (GO TO 325A)
IMPLANT 04 (GO TO 325A)
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/GEL 05 (GO TO 325A)
CONDOM 06 (GO TO 325A)
FEMALE STERILIZATION 07 (GO TO 317A)
MALE STERILIZATION 08 (GO TO 317A)
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE 09 (GO TO 322A)
WITHDRAWAL 10 (GO TO 325A)
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ 96 (GO TO 325A)
Categories
Value Category
1 Calendar
2 Body temperature
3 Cervical mucus
4 Body temp and mucus
5 No specific system
6 Other
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
FPRHYMETH (V314) reports how the woman determined which days to abstain from sexual intercourse to practice periodic abstinence (rhythm) as a means of delaying or avoiding pregnancy.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Recent use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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