Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999

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Reference ID

NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Method of periodic abstinence (C_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 559

End: 559

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

322. How do you determine which days of your monthly cycle not to have sexual relations?

BASED ON CALENDAR 01
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE 02
BASED ON CERVICAL MUCUS (BILLINGS METHOD) 03
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE AND CERVICAL MUCUS 04
NO SPECIFIC SYSTEM 05
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________________ 96

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.

concept

Concept

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

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