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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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Method of periodic abstinence (W_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: TZA1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 546
End: 546
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
323. You said that you have avoided having sexual intercourse on certain days of the month to avoid getting pregnant.
How do you determine which days of your monthly cycle not to have sexual relations?

BASED ON CALENDAR 1
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE 2
BASED ON CERVICAL MUCUS (BILLINGS METHOD) 3
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE AND CERVICAL MUCUS 4
NO SPECIFIC SYSTEM 5
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______________ 6
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.

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