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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Method of periodic abstinence (B_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: BEN1996-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 570
End: 570
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
314) Which method are you using?
(CHECK THAT THE METHOD LISTED IS KNOWN AND ALREADY USED)
314A) CIRCLE '07' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION

PILL 01
IUD 02 (GO TO 326)
INJECTABLES 03 (GO TO 326)
NORPLANT 04 (GO TO 326)
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/GEL 05 (GO TO 326)
CONDOM 06 (GO TO 326)
FEMALE STERILIZATION 07 (GO TO 318)
MALE STERILIZATION 08 (GO TO 318)
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE 09 (GO TO 323)
WITHDRAWAL 10 (GO TO 326)
OTHER (SPECIFY)___________ 96 (GO TO 326)
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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