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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1988
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EGY_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Council [Egypt] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Discussed FP recently: Other(s) (B_FPTALKOTH)

Data file: EGY1988-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 626
End: 626
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
314. Before you decided to use family planning for the first time, did you talk about whether you should use family planning with any of the following persons:

your mother?

YES 1
NO 2

your husband's mother?

YES 1
NO 2

your sister(s) or your husband's sister(s)?
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
FPTALKOTH (V630X) indicates whether the woman has recently discussed the practice of family planning with some "other" person. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific types of people mentioned in a given sample.

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