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Demographic and Health Survey 2013 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2013
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NAM_2013_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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The Nambia Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Knows about rhythm/periodic abstinence for FP (M_FPKNORHYMN)

Data file: NAM2013-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 590
End: 591
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
303) In the last few months, have you discussed family planning with a health worker or health professional?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, spontaneously
12 Yes, probed
97 Method not asked about at all
98 Missing
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
FPKNORHYMN (MV304_08) indicates whether the man knows about the rhythm method or periodic abstinence as a method for family planning. Some samples differentiate between spontaneous and probed affirmative responses; see Comparability. In probing questions, the rhythm method or period abstinence is often described by the following text:

To avoid pregnancy, women do not have sexual intercourse on the days of the month they think they can get pregnant.

concept

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