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Demographic and Health Survey 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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KEN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Method of periodic abstinence (W_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: KEN1989-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 400
End: 400
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
310. The last time you used periodic abstinence, how did you determine on which days you had to abstain?

BASED ON CALENDAR 1
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE 2
BASED ON CERVICAL MUCUS (BILLINGS) METBOD 3
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE AND MUCUS 4
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ 5
NO SPECIFIC SYSTEM 6
Categories
Value Category
1 Calendar
2 Body temperature
3 Cervical mucus
4 Body temp and mucus
5 No specific system
6 Other
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 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
FPRHYMETH (V314) reports how the woman determined which days to abstain from sexual intercourse to practice periodic abstinence (rhythm) as a means of delaying or avoiding pregnancy.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

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