Demographic and Health Survey 1991-92 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1991 - 1992

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TZA_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Knows about rhythm/periodic abstinence for FP (M_FPKNORHYMN)

Data file: TZA1991-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 383

End: 384

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

FPKNORHYMN (MV304_08) indicates whether the man knows about the rhythm method or periodic abstinence as a method for family planning. Some samples differentiate between spontaneous and probed affirmative responses; see Comparability. In probing questions, the rhythm method or period abstinence is often described by the following text:

To avoid pregnancy, women do not have sexual intercourse on the days of the month they think they can get pregnant.

concept

Concept

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

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