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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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FP method currently used: Lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) (B_FPNOWUSLAM)

Data file: LSO2004-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 586
End: 586
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
310. Which method are you using?
IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD MENTIONED, FOLLOW SKIP INSTRUCTION FOR HIGHEST METHOD ON LIST.
310A. CIRCLE 'A' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.

FEMALE STERILIZATION A
MALE STERILIZATION B
PILL C (GO TO 312A)
IUCD D (GO TO 312A)
INJECTABLES E (GO TO 312A)
IMPLANTS F (GO TO 312A)
MALE CONDOM G (GO TO 312A)
FEMALE CONDOM H (GO TO 312A)
DIAPHRAGM I (GO TO 312A
FOAM/JELLY J (GO TO 312A
LACTATIONAL AMEN. METHOD K (GO TO 312A
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE L (GO TO 312A
WITHDRAWAL M (GO TO 312A
LOCAL TRADITIONAL METHOD N (GO TO 312A
OTHER (SPECIFY)__________ X (GO TO 312A
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Don't know
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
FPNOWUSLAM (V307_13) indicates whether the woman is now using the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) to delay or avoid getting pregnant.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in FPMETHNOW (V312), which reports the woman's current contraceptive method.

concept

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