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Population and Family Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 1997
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JOR_1997_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics (DOS) [Jordan] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: JOR1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 618
End: 619
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
413. Which method are you using?
413A. CIRCLE '07' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.

PILL 01
IUD 02 (GO TO 416A)
INJECTIONS 03 (GO TO 416B)
IMPLANTS 04 (GO TO 416C)
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY 05 (GO TO 423)
CONDOM 06 (GO TO 416D)
FEMALE STERILIZATION 07 (GO TO 416E)
MALE STERILIZATION 08 (GO TO 416E)
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE 09 (GO TO 422)
WITHDRAWAL 10 (GO TO 423)
PROLONGED BREASTFEEDING 11 (GO TO 423)
OTHER______ 96 (GO TO 423)
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.

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