Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998

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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Ever use any type of FP (folk, traditional, modern) (B_FPEVUSE)

Data file: ZAF1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 635

End: 636

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

303 Have you ever used of (METHOD)?

01 PILL Women can take a pill every day.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

04 DIAPAGM, FOAM, JELLY Women can place a sponge, suppository, jelly, or cream in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

05 CONDOM Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

06 FEMALE STERILIZATION Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.
Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

07 MALE STERILIZATION Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.
Have you ever had a partner who had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

08 RHYTHM, CALENDAR METHOD Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

09 WITHDRAWAL Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

10 HERBS. Women use natural herbs or Dutch remedies to avoid pregnancy

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
00	Never used
10	Used only traditional or folkloric method
11	Used only traditional method
12	Used only folkloric method
20	Used modern method

Description

Definition

FPEVUSE (V302) is a constructed variable that reports whether the woman had ever used a family planning method and, if so, whether she had used a modern contraceptive method or only a traditional or folkloric method.

In the DHS, modern methods are 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.

concept

Concept

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

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