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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2003
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GHA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Reason would not consider sterilization: Bad for man's health (M_FPMSTYNOTHLTHMN)

Data file: GHA2003-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 545
End: 545
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
309. Why would you never consider getting sterilized? PROBE: Any other reasons?
RECORD ALL REASONS MENTIONED.

AGAINST RELIGION A
BAD FOR MAN'S HEALTH B
OPERATION NOT SAFE C
LESS INTRUSIVE WAYS AVAILABLE D
MAY WANT MORE CHILDREN/MAY WANT TO REPLACE CHILD WHO DIED E
LOSS OF WAGES G
LOSS OF SEXUAL FUNCTION H
LOSS OF MANLINESS I
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
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
FPMSTYNOTHLTHMN (MV3B24B) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question about why he would not consider sterilization, the man reported that male sterilization is bad for a man's health.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sterilization Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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