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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 410
End: 411
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
314. Which method are you using?

PILL 01
IUD 02 (SKIP TO 315)
INJECTIONS 03 (SKIP TO 315)
DIAPHRAGM/JELLY 04 (SKIP TO 315)
CONDOM 05
FEMALE STERILIZATION 06 (SKIP TO 315A)
MALE STERILIZATION 07 (SKIP TO 315A)
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE 08 (SKIP TO 315B)
WITHDRAWAL 09 (SKIP TO 319)
FOAMING TABLETS 10
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 11 (SKIP TO 319)
Categories
Value Category
00 No method
10 Folkloric or traditional method
11 Folkloric method
12 Traditional method
20 Modern method
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
FPTYPNOW (V313) indicates whether the woman is currently using a modern, traditional, or folkloric method of contraception.

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

In the DHS, 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.

concept

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