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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1996
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TZA_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Knows about natural family planning as a method of family planning (W_FPKNONAT)

Data file: TZA1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 522
End: 523
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
302. Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?

METHOD 01 PILL Women can take a pill every day.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

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

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 04 IMPLANTS Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for several years.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 05 DIAPHRAGM, FOAM, JELLY Women can place a sponge, suppository, diaphragm, jelly, or cream inside themselves before intercourse.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 06 CONDOM, RUBBER, RAINCOAT, DUREX A man can wear a rubber bag in his penis during sex to prevent pregnancy. The rubber bag is also used to prevent passing diseases such as AIDS and for cleanliness.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 07 FEMALE STERILIZATION Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 08 MALE STERILIZATION Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 09 CALENDAR/SAFE PERIOD Couples can have sexual intercourse only during the safe period of the monthly cycle that is the times during monthly cycle when women is least likely to get pregnant.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 10 MUCUS METHOD A woman can observe daily the state of the mucus and avoid sexual intercourse at the time when the mucus is colorless and extremely elastic.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 11 WITHDRAWAL Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

PROBED YES 2
NO 3 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

METHOD 12 Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

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
FPKNONAT indicates whether the woman knew about natural family planning (based on checking temperature or vaginal mucus) as a method to delay or avoid a pregnancy. The complementary variable FPEVUSNAT indicates whether the woman had ever used natural 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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