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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Possible to become pregnant before period returns (B_PGAMENPOS)

Data file: PAK2017-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 630
End: 630
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
242) After the birth of a child, can a woman become pregnant before her menstrual period has returned?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
8 Missing
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
PGAMENPOS (V244) indicates whether the respondent believes a woman can become pregnant after giving birth and before her period returns (i.e., while postpartum amenorrheic).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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