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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1993
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KEN_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Council for Population and Development [Kenya], Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Method of periodic abstinence (C_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: KEN1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 524
End: 524
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
307B. The last time you used natural family planning, how did you determine on which days to avoid having sexual intercourse?

TOOK BODY TEMPERATURE 1
CHECKED CERVICAL MUCUS 2
BODY TEMPERATURE AND MUCUS 3
COUNTING DAYS 4
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 5
Categories
Value Category
1 Calendar
2 Body temperature
3 Cervical mucus
4 Body temp and mucus
5 No specific system
6 Other
7 Don't know
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
FPRHYMETH (V314) reports how the woman determined which days to abstain from sexual intercourse to practice periodic abstinence (rhythm) as a means of delaying or avoiding pregnancy.

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

concept

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