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Demographic and Health Survey 1990-1991 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1990 - 1991
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PAK_1990_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies [Pakistan] and IRD/Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Know about female sterilization for FP (C_FPKNOFST)

Data file: PAK1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 532
End: 533
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
302. Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?
READ DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD

01. PILL, women can take a pill every day.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

02. IUD, Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

03. INJECTIONS, Women can have an injection by a doctor or nurse which stops them from becoming pregnant for several months.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

04. DIAPHRAGM, FDAM, JELLY, Women can place a sponge, suppository, diaphragm, jelly, or cream in side them before intercourse.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

05. CONDOM, Men can use a rubber sheath during sexual intercourse.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

06. FEMALE STERILIZATION, Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

07. MALE STERILIZATION, Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

08. PERIODIC ABSTINENCE, Couples can avoid having sexual intercourse on certain days of the month when the woman is more likely to become pregnant.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

09. WITHDRAWAL, men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1
YES, PROBED 2
NO 3

10. Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

YES, SPONTANEOUS 1 (SPECIFY) ______
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, spontaneously
12 Yes, probed
97 Method not asked at all
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
FPKNOFST (V304_06) indicates whether the woman knew about female sterilization as a method for family planning. Some samples differentiate between spontaneous and probed affirmative responses; see Comparability.

concept

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