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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2008
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EGY_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Egypt], E-Zanaty and Associates, and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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FP method currently used: Lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) (W_FPNOWUSLAM)

Data file: EGY2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 688
End: 688
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
313. Which method are you using? CIRCLE ALL MENTIONED.
313A. CIRCLE 'C' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.

FEMALE STERILIZATION C
MALE STERILIZATION D
PILL E (GO TO 315A)
IUD F (GO TO 315A)
INJECTABLES G (GO TO 315A)
IMPLANTS H (GO TO 315A)
CONDOM I (GO TO 315A)
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY K (GO TO 315A)
RHYTHM METHOD N (GO TO 315A)
WITHDRAWAL R (GO TO 315A)
PROLONGED BREASTFEEDING T (GO TO 315A)
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X (GO TO 315A)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Don't know
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
FPNOWUSLAM (V307_13) indicates whether the woman is now using the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) to delay or avoid getting pregnant.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in FPMETHNOW (V312), which reports the woman's current contraceptive method.

concept

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