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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Type of method: Abstinence (B_FPTYPABS)

Data file: NPL2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 813
End: 813
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 3. CONTRACEPTION

301) Now I would like to talk about family planning--the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregancy. Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?

01) Female Sterilization. PROBE: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

02) Male Sterilization. PROBE: Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

03) IUD PROBE: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

04) Injectables. PROBE: Women can have an injection by a health provider that stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months.

YES 1
NO 2

05) Implants. PROBE: Women can have on or more small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for one or more years.

YES 1
NO 2

06) Pill. PROBE: Women can take pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

07) Condom. PROBE: Med can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

08) Rhythm Method. PROBE: Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid pregnancy by not having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

09) Withdrawal. PROBE: Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

10) Emergency Contraception. PROBE: As an emergency measure, within three/five days after they have unprotected sexual intercourse, women can take special pills to prevent 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
Categories
Value Category
1 Modern method
2 Traditional method
3 Folkloric method
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
FPTYPABS (V304A_12) reports whether abstinence is considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample.

In the DHS in general, 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. In some cases, however, there are exceptions to this organization; see Comparability.

Additionally, while FPTYPABS and the other "FPTYP" variables report whether a specific method is considered to be modern, traditional, or folkloric method in a given sample, IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in the complementary variable FPTYPNOW (V313), which indicates whether the woman's current contraceptive method is modern, traditional, or folkloric.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Type of family planning method Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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