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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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First source of information on FP methods: Other (C_FP1STOTHHR)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 630
End: 630
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
309B From whom did you first get information about methods to avoid pregnancy?

MOTHER A
SISTER B
FATHER C
OTHER RELATIVE D
FRIEND E
TEACHER F
NURSE G
DOCTOR H
POSTER/LEAFLET/MAGAZINE I
RADIO/TELEVISION J
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______________________ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
FP1STOTHHR indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported she first received information about family planning methods from other source. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a sample.

concept

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