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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Know about Pill for FP (B_FPKNOPILL)

Data file: NER1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 506
End: 507
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Now I would like to talk to you about family planning (the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregnancy).

CIRCLE EACH METHOD WITH WHICH THE RESPONDENT IS FAMILIAR. ONLY CIRCLE METHODS ANSWERED SPONTANEOUSLY.

CONTINUE DOWN COLUMN 302 READING THE NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. CIRCLE CODE 2 FOR METHODS WITH WHICH THE RESPONDENT IS FAMILIAR. CIRCLE CODE 3 FOR METHODS WITH WHICH THE RESPONDENT IS UNFAMILIAR.

301) What methods have you heard about?

302) Have you ever heard about (METHOD)?

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

YES/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 02)

02. IUD: Women can have a loop or a coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 03)

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

YES/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 04)

04. 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/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 05)

05. DIAPHRAGM, FOAM, OR VAGINAL SUPPOSITORY: Women can insert a diaphragm, foam or suppository in their vagina before intercourse.

YES/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 06)

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

YES/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 07)

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

YES/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 08)

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

YES/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 09)

09. RHYTHM METHOD: 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/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 10)

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

YES/SPONTANEOUS 1
YES/DESCRIPTION 2
NO 3 (GO TO 11)

11. Have you heard of other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

YES (SPECIFY): ___ 1
NO 3
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, spontaneously
12 Yes, probed
97 Method not asked about at all
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
FPKNOPILL (V304_01) indicates whether the woman knew about the Pill as a method for family planning. 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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