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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 688
End: 689
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
311. Which method are you using?
311A CIRCLE 'A' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.

CIRCLE ALL MENTIONED.
IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD MENTIONED, FOLLOW SKIP INSTRUCTION FOR HIGHEST METHOD IN LIST.

FEMALE STERILIZATION A (GO TO 319)
MALE STERILIZATION B (GO TO 319)
PILL C
IUD D (GO TO 315)
INJECTABLES E (GO TO 315)
IMPLANTS F (GO TO 315)
MALE CONDOM G
FEMALE CONDOM H (GO TO 315)
DIAPHRAGM I (GO TO 315)
FOAM/JELLY J (GO TO 315)
LACTATIONAL AMEN. METHOD K (GO TO 319A)
RHYTHM METHOD L (GO TO 319A)
WITHDRAWAL M (GO TO 319A)
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X (GO TO 319A)
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.

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