Home / Central Data Catalog / MMR_2015_DHS_V01_M_V01_A_IPUMS / variable [C]
central

Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Myanmar, 2015 - 2016
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MMR_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) [Myanmar] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jan 16, 2021
Last modified
Jan 16, 2021
Page views
77651

Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: MMR2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 650
End: 651
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
304) Which method are you using? CIRCLE ALL MENTIOND.
IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD MENTIONED, FOLLOW SKIP INSTRUCTION FOR HIGHEST METHOD IN LIST.

FEMALE STERILIZATION A (SKIP TO 307)
MALE STERILIZATION B (SKIP TO 307)
IUD C (SKIP TO 308A)
INJECTABLES D (SKIP TO 308A)
IMPLANTS E (SKIP TO 308A)
PILL F (CONTINUE TO 305)
CONDOM G (SKIP TO 306)
FEMALE CONDOM H (SKIP TO 306)
DIAPHRAGM I (SKIP TO 308A)
FOAM/JELLY J (SKIP TO 308A)
LACTATIONAL AMEN. METHOD K (SKIP TO 308A)
RHYTHM METHOD L (SKIP TO 308A)
WITHDRAWAL M (SKIP TO 308A)
OTHER MODERN METHOD X (SKIP TO 308A)
OTHER TRADITIONAL METHOD Y (SKIP TO 308A)
Categories
Value Category
00 No method
10 Folkloric or traditional method
11 Folkloric method
12 Traditional method
20 Modern method
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
FPTYPNOW (V313) indicates whether the woman is currently using a modern, traditional, or folkloric method of contraception.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

In the DHS, 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.

concept

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