Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011

Reference ID

CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

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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Type of method: Other method (unspecified) (M_FPTYPOMMN)

Data file: CMR2011-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 598

End: 598

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

SECTION 3. CONTRACEPTION

Now I would like to talk about family planning - the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregnancy.

Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?

01. FEMALE STERILIZATION Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

02. MALE STERILIZATION Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

03. PILL Women can take a pill every day.

YES 1
NO 2

04. IUD/STERILET Women can have a sterilet that the doctor, midwife, or nurse places inside their vagina.

YES 1
NO 2

05. INJECTABLES Women can have an injection by a health provider which stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months.

YES 1
NO 2

06. IMPLANTS Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for one or more years.

YES 1
NO 2

07. CONDOM Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

08. FEMALE CONDOM Women can place a sheath in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

09. DIAPHRAGM Women can place a diaphragm in their vagina before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

10. FOAM OR GEL Women can place a suppository, gel, or cream in their vagina before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

11. LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD (LAM) Up to 6 months after childbirth, a woman can use a method that requires that she breastfeeds frequently, day and night, and that her menstrual period has not returned.

YES 1
NO 2

12. RHYTHM /PERIODIC ABSTINENCE/BILLINGS METHOD (Cervical mucus) Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid pregnancy by not having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

13. WITHDRAWAL Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

14. MORNING AFTER PILL Women can take pills at any time up to 5 days after sexual intercourse to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
1	Modern method
2	Traditional method
3	Folkloric method
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

FPTYPOMMN reports whether the unspecified "other" methods are considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific family planning methods included in a particular sample.

In the DHS, generally 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.

IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in the complementary variable FPTYPNOWMN (MV313), which indicates whether the man's current contraceptive method is modern, traditional, or folkloric.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Type of family planning method Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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