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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2000
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Reference ID
EGY_2000_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Population [Egypt], National Population Council [Egypt], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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FP method currently used: Lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) (B_FPNOWUSLAM)

Data file: EGY2000-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 615
End: 615
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
313) Which method are you using?
RECORD ALL RESPONSES
CIRCLE "7" FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.

PILL 1
IUD 2
INJECTABLES 3
NORPLANT 4
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY 5
CONDOM 6
FEMALE STERILIZATION 7 (GO TO 314A)
MALE STERILIZATION 8
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE 9
WITHDRAWAL L
PROLONGED BREASTFEEDING G
OTHER (SPECIFY)______X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
FPNOWUSLAM (V307_13) indicates whether the woman is now using the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) to delay or avoid getting pregnant.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in FPMETHNOW (V312), which reports the woman's current contraceptive method.

concept

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