Demographic and Health Survey 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989

Reference ID

KEN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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When in cycle thinks pregnancy is most likely (W_OVCYCLE)

Data file: KEN1989-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 279

End: 279

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

226. From the time a woman gets her period until the time she gets her next period, when do you think she has the greatest chance of becoming pregnant?

PROBE: What are the days during the month when a woman has to be careful to avoid becoming pregnant?

DURING HER PERIOD 01
RIGHT AFTER HER PERIOD HAS ENDED 02
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CYCLE 03
JUST BEFORE HER PERIOD BEGINS 04
AT ANY TIME 05
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 06
DOESN'T KNOW 08

Categories

Value	Category
1	During her period
2	After period ended
3	Middle of the cycle
4	Before period begins
5	At any time
6	Other/It depends
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

OVCYCLE (V217) suggests the woman's knowledge of the ovulatory cycle by reporting when she believes a woman has the greatest chance of becoming pregnant.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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