Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Vietnam, 1997 - 1998

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VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

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General Statistical Office (GSO)

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3. Have you ever used ..[ ] ... to avoid pregnancy or to space births? (s8bq03)

Data file: SCR08B

Overview

Valid: 31270

Invalid: 17251

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 14

End: 14

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Currently there are many contraceptive methods used widely by married couples. I want to ask you about a few of those methods.

Literal question

3. Have you ever used ..[ ] ... to avoid pregnancy or to space births?

Categories

Value	Category
1	yes, currently married
2	yes, divorced, separated or widowed
3	no

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.

Question post text

if the answer code is 1, skip to the question 5,
if the answer code is 2, skip to the next method

Description

Definition

Children born alive: is a child born with signs of life (crying, breathing, heart beating,
movement of muscles) even with children who died after that a very short time.
Child born dead: is a child born without any signs of life.
Miscarriage: A pregnant woman, who during the period from the first month to the sixth
month of pregnancy, but the foetus comes out is called miscarriage. If the foetus is over 6 months
old, that is called premature delivery and should be listed in one of the two above cases.

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