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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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Type of method: Diaphragm (M_FPTYPDIAMN)

Data file: GHA2003-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 571
End: 571
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
302. Have you ever used (METHOD)?

02) MALE STERILIZATION Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children: Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

12) RHYTHM OR PERIODIC ABSTINENCE 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
DON'T KNOW 8

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

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
1 Modern method
2 Traditional method
3 Folkloric method
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
FPTYPDIAMN (M304A_04) reports whether the diaphragm is considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample.

The related variable FPTYPDIAFJMN indicates whether the diaphragm, foam, or jelly are considered a modern, traditional, or folkloric method. To maximize comparability, users of FPTYPDIAFJMN may wish to combine responses to FPTYPDIAMN and FPTYPFJMN (M304A_15).

In the DHS, generally 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.

IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in the complementary variable FPTYPNOWMN (MV313), which indicates whether the man's current contraceptive method is modern, traditional, or folkloric.

concept

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