Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015

Reference ID

AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

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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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (W_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: AFG2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 649

End: 650

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

314. CHECK 304:

CIRCLE METHOD CODE: IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD CIRCLED IN 304, CIRCLE CODE FOR HIGHEST METHOD IN LIST.

NO CODE CIRCLED 00 (GO TO 324)
FEMALE STERILIZATION 01 (GO TO 317A)
MALE STERILIZATION 02 (GO TO 326)
IUD 03
INJECTABLES 04
IMPLANTS 05
PILL 06
MALE CONDOM 07
LACTATIONAL AMEN. METHOD 11 (GO TO 315A)
RHYTHM METHOD 12 (GO TO 315A)
WITHDRAWAL 13 (GO TO 326)
OTHER MODERN METHOD 95 (GO TO 326)
OTHER TRADITIONAL METHOD 96 (GO TO 326)

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)

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.

concept

Concept

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

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