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Demographic and Health Survey 1988-1989 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1988 - 1989
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UGA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Department of Geography (Makerere University), Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (Makerere University) [Uganda] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Method of periodic abstinence (B_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: UGA1988-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 383
End: 383
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
314) Which method are you using?

PILL 01
IUD 02
INJECTIONS 03
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY 04
CONDOM 05
FEMALE STERILIZATION 06 (GO TO 315A)
MALE STERILIZATION 07 (GO TO 315A)
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE 08 (GO TO 315B)
WITHDRAWAL 09 (GO TO 319)
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ 10 (GO TO 319)
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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