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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2000
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MWI_2000_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Knows about charms or amulets as a method of family planning (W_FPKNOCHARM)

Data file: MWI2000-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 567
End: 568
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
301. Which ways or methods have you heard about?
FOR METHODS NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY, ASK: Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?

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

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

04) IUD: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

05) INJECTIONS: Women can have an injection by a health provider which stops them from becoming pregnant for three months.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

09) DIAPHRAGM: Women can place a thin flexible disk in their vagina before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

10) FOAM OR JELLY: Women can place a suppository, jelly, or cream in their vagina before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

12) RHYTHM, BILLINGS OR OTHER NATURAL METHODS: 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 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

14) EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION: Women can take pills up to three days after sexual intercourse to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

15) Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy? LIST UP TO TWO DIFFERENT METHODS.

SPECIFY____

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, spontaneously
12 Yes, probed
97 Method not asked about at all
98 Missing
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
FPKNOCHARM indicates whether the woman knew about using charms or amulets as a method for family planning. The complementary variable FPEVUSCHARM indicates whether the woman had ever used this method to delay or avoid a pregnancy.

Some samples differentiate between spontaneous and probed affirmative responses; see Comparability.

concept

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