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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1992
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ZMB_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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University of Zambia, Central Statistical Office [Zambia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Method of periodic abstinence (C_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: ZMB1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 505
End: 505
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
308B. You said that sometimes you have avoided having sexual intercourse on certain days of the month to avoid getting pregnant. How did you know which days to avoid sexual intercourse?

CALENDAR, COUNTING DAYS 1
CERVICAL MUCUS METHOD 2
TOOK TEMPERATURE DAILY 3
MUCUS AND TEMPERATURE 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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