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Demographic and Health Survey 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Burundi, 1987
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Reference ID
BDI_1987_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Département de la Population du Ministère de l'Intérieur [Burundi], Insitute for Resrouce Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
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Method of periodic abstinence (W_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: BDI1987-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 457
End: 457
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
312) When you last used periodic abstinence, how did you measure the days where you needed to abstain?

BASED ON MENSTRUAL CYCLE 1
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE 2
BASED ON CERVICAL MUCUS (BILLINGS) METHOD 3
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE AND MUCUS 4
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 5
Categories
Value Category
1 Calendar
2 Body temperature
3 Cervical mucus
4 Body temp and mucus
5 No specific system
6 Other
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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
FPRHYMETH (V314) reports how the woman determined which days to abstain from sexual intercourse to practice periodic abstinence (rhythm) as a means of delaying or avoiding pregnancy.

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

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