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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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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (B_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: ZAF1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 577
End: 578
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
314 Which method are you using?
314A CIRCLE '?06' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.

PILL 01
IUD 02
INJECTIONS 03
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY 04
CONDOM 05
FEMALE STERILIZATION 06
MALE STERILIZATION 07
RHYTHM, CALENDER METHOD 08
WITHDRAWAL 09
HERB/REMEDIES 10
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________________________ 96
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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