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Demographic and Health Survey 2003-04 - IPUMS Subset

Morocco, 2003 - 2004
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MAR_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère de la Santé [Morocco], ORC Macro, et Ligue des États Arabes., Minnesota Population Center
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (W_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: MAR2003-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 610
End: 611
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
311) Which method are you using now?
311a) CIRCLE 'A' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION
IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD MENTIONED, FOLLOW SKIP INSTRUCTION FOR HIGHEST METHOD ON LIST

FEMALE STERILIZATION A
MALE STERILIZATION B
PILL C (GO TO 316A)
IUD D (GO TO 316A)
INJECTABLES E (GO TO 316A)
IMPLANTS F (GO TO 316A)
CONDOM G (GO TO 316A)
DIAPHRAGM H (GO TO 316A)
FOAM/JELLY I (GO TO 316A)
LACTATIONAL AMEN. METHOD J (GO TO 316A)
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE K (GO TO 316A)
WITHDRAWAL L (GO TO 316A)
OTHER (SPECIFY) X _______ (GO TO 316A)
DON'T KNOW X (GO TO 316A)
Categories
Value Category
00 No method
10 Folkloric or traditional method
11 Folkloric method
12 Traditional method
20 Modern method
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
FPTYPNOW (V313) indicates whether the woman is currently using a modern, traditional, or folkloric method of contraception.

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

In the DHS, modern methods are the Pill, IUD, injections, diaphragm, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, implants, female condom, foam/jelly, lactational amenorrhea, and emergency contraception. Traditional methods are periodic abstinence (rhythm), withdrawal, and abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other" and country-specific methods (such as herbs or amulet), which vary across samples.

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