Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1992

Reference ID

MDG_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Centre National de Recherches sur l'Environnement [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Ideal period for post-partum abstinence (B_IDEALPOSTPT)

Data file: MDG1992-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 638

End: 640

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

614. After the birth of a child, how long should a couple wait to begin having sexual intercourse?

MONTHS 1 ___
YEARS 2 ___
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 996

Categories

Value	Category
079	79 days
078	78 days
077	77 days
076	76 days
075	75 days
074	74 days
073	73 days
072	72 days
071	71 days
070	70 days
069	69 days
068	68 days
067	67 days
066	66 days
065	65 days
064	64 days
063	63 days
062	62 days
061	61 days
000	Less than one day
001	1 day
002	2 days
003	3 days
004	4 days
005	5 days
006	6 days
007	7 days
008	8 days
009	9 days
010	10 days
011	11 days
012	12 days
013	13 days
014	14 days
015	15 days
016	16 days
017	17 days
018	18 days
019	19 days
020	20 days
021	21 days
022	22 days
023	23 days
024	24 days
025	25 days
026	26 days
027	27 days
028	28 days
029	29 days
030	30 days
031	31 days
032	32 days
033	33 days
034	34 days
035	35 days
036	36 days
037	37 days
038	38 days
039	39 days
040	40 days
041	41 days
042	42 days
043	43 days
044	44 days
045	45 days
046	46 days
047	47 days
048	48 days
049	49 days
050	50 days
051	51 days
052	52 days
053	53 days
054	54 days
055	55 days
056	56 days
057	57 days
058	58 days
059	59 days
060	60 days
100	Less than one month
101	1 month
102	2 months
103	3 months
104	4 months
105	5 months
106	6 months
107	7 months
108	8 months
109	9 months
110	10 months
111	11 months
112	12 months
113	13 months
114	14 months
115	15 months
116	16 months
117	17 months
118	18 months
119	19 months
120	20 months
121	21 months
122	22 months
123	23 months
124	24 months
125	25 months
126	26 months
127	27 months
128	28 months
129	29 months
130	30 months
131	31 months
132	32 months
133	33 months
134	34 months
135	35 months
136	36 months
137	37 months
138	38 months
139	39 months
140	40 months
141	41 months
142	42 months
143	43 months
144	44 months
145	45 months
146	46 months
147	47 months
148	48 months
149	49 months
150	50 months
151	51 months
152	52 months
153	53 months
154	54 months
155	55 months
156	56 months
157	57 months
158	58 months
159	59 months
160	60 months
161	61 months
162	62 months
163	63 months
164	64 months
165	65 months
166	66 months
167	67 months
168	68 months
169	69 months
170	70 months
171	71 months
172	72 months
173	73 months
174	74 months
175	75 months
176	76 months
177	77 months
178	78 months
179	79 months
180	80 months
181	81 months
182	82 months
183	83 months
184	84 months
185	85 months
186	86 months
187	87 months
188	88 months
189	89 months
190	90 months
191	91 months
192	92 months
193	93 months
194	94 months
195	95 months
196	96 months
197	97 months
198	98 months
199	Months, unspecified number
200	Less than one year
201	1 year
202	2 years
203	3 years
204	4 years
205	5 years
206	6 years
207	7 years
208	8 years
209	9 years
210	10 years
211	11 years
212	12 years
213	13 years
214	14 years
215	15 years
216	16 years
217	17 years
218	18 years
219	19 years
220	20 years
221	21 years
222	22 years
223	23 years
224	24 years
225	25 years
226	26 years
227	27 years
228	28 years
229	29 years
230	30 years
231	31 years
232	32 years
233	33 years
234	34 years
235	35+ years
299	Years, unspecified number
992	Up to couple
993	After weaning
994	After period returns
995	Non-numeric response
996	Other
997	Don't know
998	Missing
999	NIU (not in universe)
080	80 days
081	81 days
082	82 days
083	83 days
084	84 days
085	85 days
086	86 days
087	87 days
088	88 days
089	89 days
090	90 days

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

IDEALPOSTPT (V608) reports what the woman thinks is the ideal duration for a couple to wait before starting sexual relations after the birth of a child.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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