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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000
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NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) [Namibia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Know about rhythm for FP (C_FPKNORHY)

Data file: NAM2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 555
End: 556
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 3. CONTRACEPTION

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.

CIRCLE CODE 1 IN 301 FOR EACH METHOD MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. THEN PROCEED DOWN COLUMN 301, READING THE NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. CIRCLE CODE 1 IF METHOD IS RECOGNISED, AND CODE 2 IF NOT RECOGNISED. THEN, FOR EACH METHOD WITH CODE 1 CIRCLED IN 301, ASK 302.

301) Which ways or methods have you heard about? FOR METHODS NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY, ASK: Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?

01 FEMALE STERILISATION Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

02 MALE STERILISATION Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

03 PILL Women can take a pill every day to stop them from becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

04 IUD Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

05 INJECTIONS Women can have an injection by a health provider which stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months.

YES 1
NO 2

06 CONDOM Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

07 FEMALE CONDOM Women can place a sheath in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

08 DIAPHRAGM /FOAM/JELLY Women can place a sponge, suppository, diaphragm, jelly or cream in their vagina before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

09 RHYTHM OR 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

10 WITHDRAWAL Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

11 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION Women can take pills up to three days after sexual intercourse to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
(SPECIFY) ____
(SPECIFY) ____
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
10 Yes
97 Method not asked about at all
98 Missing
00 No
11 Yes, spontaneously
12 Yes, probed
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
FPKNORHY (V304_08) indicates whether the woman knew about the rhythm method (periodic abstinence at the high-fertility part of the woman's menstrual cycle) as a method for family planning. Some samples differentiate between spontaneous and probed affirmative responses; see Comparability.

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