Demographic and Health Survey 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1986

Reference ID

SEN_1986_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Direction de la Statistique du Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances [Senegal] and Institute for Resource Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Jan 16, 2021

Last modified

Jan 16, 2021

Page views

26355

Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: SEN1986-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 431

End: 432

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

314. What method are you using?

PILL 01
IUD 02
INJECTIONS 03
VAGINAL METHODS 04
CONDOM 05
RHYTHM METHOD 08
WITHDRAWAL 09 (GO TO 321)
PROLONGED ABSTINENCE 10 (GO TO 321)
MEDICINAL PLANTS 11
GRIS-GRIS (AMULET) 12
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 13 (GO TO 321)

Value	Category
00	No method
10	Folkloric or traditional method
11	Folkloric method
12	Traditional method
20	Modern method
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

FPTYPNOW (V313) indicates whether the woman is currently using a modern, traditional, or folkloric method of contraception.

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

In the DHS, modern methods are the Pill, IUD, injections, diaphragm, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, implants, female condom, foam/jelly, lactational amenorrhea, and emergency contraception. Traditional methods are periodic abstinence (rhythm), withdrawal, and abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other" and country-specific methods (such as herbs or amulet), which vary across samples.

concept

Concept

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

Back to Catalog