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Demographic and Health Survey 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987
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MLI_1987_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Population pour le Developpement (CERPOD) de l'Institut du Sahel and Institute for Resource Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
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Ever use charms or amulets for FP (B_FPEVUSCHARM)

Data file: MLI1987-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 417
End: 417
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
303. Have ever used (METHOD)?

PILL Women can take a pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

IUD Women can have a loop or a coil in plastic or metal placed inside their uterus by a doctor or a nurse to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

INJECTIONS Women can have an injection by a health provider to avoid becoming pregnant during one or more months.

YES 1
NO 2

CREAM, JELLY, SPONGE Some women put a diaphragm, a sponge, effervescent pills, jelly or cream before having sexual intercourse to avoid getting pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

FEMALE STERILIZATION Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children. Are you sterilized?

YES 1
NO 2

MALE STERILIZATION Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.
Have you ever had a partner who had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

PERIODIC ABSTINENCE Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid pregnancy by not having intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

WITHDRAWAL Men can be careful to pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

ABSTINENCE Some couples, in addition to post natal abstinence, avoid having sexual intercourse so that the woman does not get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

MEDICINAL PLANTS (stem, root, leaves) are products that can be used to delay pregnancy.

YES 1
NO 2

AMULET (cord with a knot) are things couples can use to delay pregnancy.

YES 1
NO 2

OTHER METHOD (SPECIFY) ____

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 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
FPEVUSCHARM indicates whether the woman had ever used charms or amulets to delay or avoid a pregnancy. The complementary variable FPKNOCHARM indicates whether the woman knew about using charms or amulets as a method for family planning.

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