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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1999
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GIN_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan et de la Coopération [Guinea] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Type of method: Charms or amulets (M_FPTYPCHARMMN)

Data file: GIN1999-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 464
End: 464
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
303. Have you ever used (method)?

01. PILL: Women can take a pill every day.

YES 1
NO 2

02. IUD: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

03. INJECTABLES: Women can have an injection by a heath provider which stops them from becoming pregnant for several months.

YES 1
NO 2

04. IMPLANTS: Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for several years.

YES 1
NO 2

05. DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY: Women can place a sponge, suppository, diaphragm, jelly, or cream inside themselves before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

06. CONDOM (RUBBER): Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis during sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

07. FEMALE STERILIZATION: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children. Has your spouse/partner ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

08. MALE STERILIZATION: Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children. Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

09. RHYTHM METHOD/PERIODIC ABSTINENCE: 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

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

YES 1
NO 2

11. OTHER METHOD(S) (SPECIFY) _____

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 Modern method
1 Traditional method
2 Folkloric method
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
FPTYPCHARMMN reports whether charms or amulets are considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample.

In the DHS, generally modern methods are the Pill, IUD, injections, diaphragm, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, implants, female condom, foam/jelly, lactational amenorrhea, and emergency contraception. Traditional methods are periodic abstinence (rhythm), withdrawal, and abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other" and country-specific methods (such as herbs or amulet), which vary across samples.

IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in the complementary variable FPTYPNOWMN (MV313), which indicates whether the man's current contraceptive method is modern, traditional, or folkloric.

concept

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