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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1988
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Reference ID
EGY_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Population Council [Egypt] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Last method used (since last birth), before current FP method (W_FPPREVMETH)

Data file: EGY1988-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 481
End: 483
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
409. Which was the last method you used (BEFORE CURRENT METHOD)?

PILL 01
IUD 02
INJECTIONS 03
NORPLANT 04
FOAM/JELLY 05
CONDOM 06
MALE STERILIZATION 08
WITHDRAWAL 09
SAFE PERIOD 10
PROLONGED BREASTFEEDING 11
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ 12
Categories
Value Category
999 NIU (not in universe)
998 Missing
303 Other specific method 3
302 Other specific method 2
301 Other specific method 1
300 OTHER METHOD, UNSPECIFIED
220 Withdrawal
212 Abstinence
211 Periodic Abstinence
210 Abstinence or periodic abstinence
200 TRADITIONAL METHODS
131 Prolonged breastfeeding
130 Lactational amenorrhea
120 Diaphragm/Foam/Jelly
108 Male sterilization
107 Female sterilization
106 Female condom
105 Condom
104 Norplant
103 Injections
102 IUD
101 Pill
100 MODERN METHODS
000 No previous method
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
FPPREVMETH (V341) reports the last contraceptive method used (since the last birth) before the current method, for currently married women who are currently using contraception. Women who did not use a different contraceptive method prior to their current method (at least since their last birth) are coded 0.

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

concept

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