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Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997
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BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Knows about menstrual regulation for FP (M_FPKNOMENREGMN)

Data file: BGD1997-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 418
End: 419
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
CIRCLE CODE 1 IN 301 FOR EACH METHOD MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. THEN PROCEED DOWN COLUMN 302, READING THE NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. CIRCLE CODE 2 IF METHOD IS RECOGNIZED, AND CODE 3 IF NOT RECOGNIZED. THEN, FOR EACH METHOD WITH CODE 1 OR 2 CIRCLED IN 301 OR 302, ASK 303.

301. Which ways or method have you heard about?
302. Have you ever heard or (METHOD)?

01. PILL, MAYA: Women can take a pill every day.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

02. IUD: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

03. INJECTIONS: Women can have an injection by a doctor or nurse which stops them from becoming pregnant for several months.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

04. IMPLANT, NORPLANT: Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for several years.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

05. CONDOM, RAJA: Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis during sexual intercourse.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

06. FEMALE STERILIZATION, TUBAL LIGATION, TL: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

07. MALE STERILIZATION, VASECTOMY: Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

08. MENSTRUAL REGULATION, MR: When a woman's menstrual period does not come on time, she can go to a health centre or to the FWV and have a tube put in her for a short while to bring her period.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

09. SAFE PERIOD, COUNTING DAYS, CALENDAR, RHYTHM METHOD: Couples can avoid having sexual intercourse on certain days of the month when the woman is more likely to get pregnant.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

10. WITHDRAWAL: Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

11. Have you heard or any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

SPONTANEOUS YES (SPECIFY) 1
NO 3
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, spontaneously
12 Yes, probed
97 Method not asked about at all
98 Missing
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
FPKNOMENREGMN indicates whether the man knows about menstrual regulation as a method for family planning. The process of menstrual regulation is defined on the survey form as follows: when a woman's menstrual period does not come on time, she can go to a health facility and have a tube inserted in her to bring her period. Some samples differentiate between spontaneous and probed affirmative responses; see Comparability.

concept

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