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Demographic and Health Survey 1993-1994 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1993 - 1994
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BGD_1993_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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Know about female sterilization for FP (W_FPKNOFST)

Data file: BGD1994-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 533
End: 534
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
302. Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?
READ DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD.

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

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

02. IUD, COPPER T: 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. CONDOM, RAJA: Men can use a rubber sheath during sexual intercourse.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

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

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

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

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

07. 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 become pregnant.

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

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

SPONTANEOUS YES 1
PROBED YES 2
NO 3

09. Have you heard of 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 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
FPKNOFST (V304_06) indicates whether the woman knew about female sterilization as a method for family planning. 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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