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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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Type of method: Other modern method (unspecified) (M_FPTYPOMODMN)

Data file: AFG2015-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 576
End: 576
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 3. CONTRACEPTION

301. Now I would like to talk about family planning - the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregnancy.

Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?

01. Female Sterilization. PROBE: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

02. Male Sterilization. PROBE: Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

03. IUD. PROBE: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

04. Injectables. PROBE: Women can have an injection by a health provider that stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months.

YES 1
NO 2

05. Implants. PROBE: Women can have one or more small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for one or more years.

YES 1
NO 2

06. Pill. PROBE: Women can take a pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

07. Male Condom. PROBE: Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

09. Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM)

YES 1
NO 2

10. Rhythm Method. PROBE: To avoid pregnancy, women do not have sexual intercourse on the days of the month they think they can get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

11. Withdrawal. PROBE: Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

12. Emergency Contraception. PROBE: As an emergency measure, within three days after they have unprotected sexual intercourse, women can take special pills to prevent pregnancy.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1 (SPECIFY)_______________
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
1 Modern method
2 Traditional method
3 Folkloric method
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
FPTYPOMODMN (M304A_17) reports whether the unspecified "other modern" methods are considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific family planning methods included in a particular sample.

In the DHS, generally 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.

IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in the complementary variable FPTYPNOWMN (MV313), which indicates whether the man's current contraceptive method is modern, traditional, or folkloric.

concept

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