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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
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
Last modified
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Ever use male sterilization for FP (W_FPEVUSMST)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 771
End: 771
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

01) FEMALE STERILIZATION Women 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

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

YES 1
NO 2

03) PILL Women can take a pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

04) IUD Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

05) INJECTABLES Women can have an injection by a health provider that stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months.

YES 1
NO 2

06) 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 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

08) FEMALE CONDOM Women can place a sheath in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

09) DIAPHRAGM Women can place a thin flexible disk in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

10) FOAM OR JELLY Women can place a suppository, jelly, or cream in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

11) RHYTHM (CALENDAR) METHOD 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

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

YES 1
NO 2

13) LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD (LAM)

YES 1
NO 2

14) EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION As an emergency measure after unprotected sexual intercourse, women can take special pills at any time within five days to prevent pregnancy.

YES 1
NO 2

15) Other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

YES 1
NO 2

YES 1
NO 2
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
FPEVUSMST (V305_07) indicates whether the woman had ever used male sterilization to delay or avoid a pregnancy.

concept

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