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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2011
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BGD_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Used menstrual regulation in past 3 years (B_MENSTREGUSED3YR)

Data file: BGD2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 349
End: 349
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
229C) In the last three years did you use MR?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 230)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
MENSTREGUSED3YR indicates whether the respondent had used "menstrual regulation" in the past 3 years. Menstrual regulation refers to a method of "bringing on" a delayed period or terminating a pregnancy by a health care worker briefly inserting a tube in the cervix and performing manual vacuum aspiration.

For more information about "menstrual regulation," see MENSTREGHR.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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