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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
Producer(s)
Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Ever use medicinal plants or herbs for FP (W_FPEVUSPLT)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 644
End: 644
Width: 1
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
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
FPEVUSPLT indicates whether the woman had ever used medicinal plants or herbs to delay or avoid a pregnancy. The complementary variable FPKNOPLT indicates whether the woman knew about using medicinal plants or herbs as a method for family planning.

concept

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