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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015
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AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Organization (CSO) [Afghanistan], Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) [Afghanistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Month of calendar year when started using current FP method (Solar Hijri calendar) (B_FPCURSTMO_AF)

Data file: AFG2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 677
End: 678
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
308A. Since what month and year have you been using (CURRENT METHOD) without stopping?

PROBE: For how long have you been using (CURRENT METHOD) now without stopping?

MONTH___
YEAR_____
Categories
Value Category
01 Hamal
02 Sawr
03 Jawza
04 Saratan
05 Asad
06 Sonbola
07 Mizan
08 Aqrab
09 Qaws
10 Jadi
11 Dalvae
12 Hut
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
For women who are currently using family planning, FPCURSTMO_AF (V315_AF) reports the month of the calendar year when they first started using their current method. It is only available for Afghan samples. The year when the woman first started using her current method is reported in FPCURSTYR_AF (V316_AF).

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