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Demographic and Health Survey 2014-15 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2014 - 2015
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RWA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Health [Rwanda] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: RWA2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 650
End: 651
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
307) In what facility did the sterilization take place? PROBE TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF SOURCE.

IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR, WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE.

(NAME OF PLACE)_____

PUBLIC/AGREE SECTOR

REFERRAL HOSPITAL 11
PROVINCIAL/DISTRICT HOSPITAL 12
HEALTH CENTER 13
HEALTH POST 14
OUTREACH 15
OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY (SPECIFY) ____ 16

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

POLYCLINIC 21
CLINIC 22
DISPENSARY 23
OTHER PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITY (SPECIFY) ____ 26

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 96
DON'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
00 No method
10 Folkloric or traditional method
11 Folkloric method
12 Traditional method
20 Modern method
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
FPTYPNOW (V313) indicates whether the woman is currently using a modern, traditional, or folkloric method of contraception.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

In the DHS, modern methods are the Pill, IUD, injections, diaphragm, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, implants, female condom, foam/jelly, lactational amenorrhea, and emergency contraception. Traditional methods are periodic abstinence (rhythm), withdrawal, and abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other" and country-specific methods (such as herbs or amulet), which vary across samples.

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