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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011
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CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: CMR2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 720
End: 721
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
311) What method are you using?

CIRCLE ALL THAT ARE MENTIONED.

IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD IS MENTIONED, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE HIGHEST METHOD ON THE LIST.

FEMALE STERILIZATION A
MALE STERILIZATION B
PILL C (GO TO 319A)
IUD D (GO TO 319A)
INJECTABLES E (GO TO 319A)
IMPLANTS F (GO TO 319A)
CONDOM G (GO TO 319A)
FEMALE CONDOM H (GO TO 319A)
DIAPHRAGM I (GO TO 319A)
FOAM/GEL J (GO TO 319A)
LAM K (GO TO 319A)
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE L (GO TO 319A)
WITHDRAWAL M (GO TO 319A)
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X (GO TO 319A)
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
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