01 FEMALE STERILIZATION: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.
Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?
YES 1
NO 2
02 MALE STERILIZATION: Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.
Has your husband ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?
YES 1
NO 2
03 PILL: Women can take a pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant.
YES 1
NO 2
04 IUD: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a midwife.
YES 1
NO 2
05 INJECTABLES: Women can have an injection by a health provider that stops them from becoming pregnant usually for 3 months.
YES 1
NO 2
06 IMPLANTS: Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy usually for 3 years.
YES 1
NO 2
07 CONDOM: Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.
YES 1
NO 2
08 FEMALE CONDOM: Women can place a plastic sheath in their vagina before sexual intercourse.
YES 1
NO 2
09 LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD (LAM)
YES 1
NO 2
10 PERIODIC ABSTINENCE: Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid pregnancy by not having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.
YES 1
NO 2
11 WITHDRAWAL: Men can be careful and pull out before climax.
YES 1
NO 2
12 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION: As an emergency measure after unprotected sexual intercourse, women can take special pills at any time within five days to prevent pregnancy.
YES 1
NO 2
13: Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?
(SPECIFIED IN 301)___________
YES 1
NO 2
(SPECIFIED IN 301)____________
YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value
Category
0
Not measured
1
Lying down
2
Standing up
8
Missing
9
NIU (not in universe)
6
Inconsistent
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
HWHTHOWMEAS (HW15) reports whether the height of children under age 5 was measured when they were lying down or standing up. According to the DHS Recode Manuals:
In DHS surveys, children aged less than 24 months are to be measured lying down, children 24 months or older are to be measured standing up. There may, however, be a considerable discrepancy between policy and practice!