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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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Know about female sterilization for FP (W_FPKNOFST)

Data file: AFG2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 618
End: 619
Width: 2
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
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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