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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2003
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KEN_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], Ministry of Health [Kenya], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Knows about the Pill for FP (M_FPKNOPILLMN)

Data file: KEN2003-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 453
End: 454
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Now I would like to talk about family planning - the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregnancy.

CIRCLE CODE 1 IN 301 FOR EACH METHOD MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY.

THEN PROCEED DOWN COLUMN 301, READING THE NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. CIRCLE CODE 1 IF METHOD IS RECOGNISED, AND CODE 2 IF NOT RECOGNISED.

THEN, FOR EACH METHOD WITH CODE 1 CIRCLED IN 301, ASK 302.

301. Which ways or methods have you heard about?

FOR METHODS NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY, ASK:
Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?

METHOD 01) FEMALE STERILISATION Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 02) MALE STERILISATION Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 03) PILL Women can take a pill every day to stop them from becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 04) IUD Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 05) INJECTIONS Women can have an injection by a health provider which stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 06) IMPLANTS, NORPLANT Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for one or more years.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 07) CONDOM Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 08) FEMALE CONDOM Women can place a sheath in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 09) RHYTHM OR NATURAL METHODS Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid pregnancy by not having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 10) WITHDRAWAL Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 11) EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION Women can take pills up to three days after sexual intercourse to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 12) Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

YES 1
(SPECIFY) ____
(SPECIFY) ____
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, spontaneously
12 Yes, probed
97 Method not asked about at all
98 Missing
99 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
FPKNOPILLMN (MV304_01) indicates whether the man knows about the Pill as a method for family planning. Some samples differentiate between spontaneous and probed affirmative responses; see Comparability. In probing questions, the Pill is often described by the following text:

Women can take a pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant.

concept

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