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Demographic and Health Survey 1995-1996 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1995 - 1996
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MLI_1995_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante', de la Solidarite' et de Personnes Agees (CPS/MSSPA) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Method of periodic abstinence (C_FPRHYMETH)

Data file: MLI1995-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 570
End: 570
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
323. How do you determine the days during your menstrual cycle when you should not have sexual intercourse?

BASED ON A CALENDAR 01
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE 02
BASED ON CERVICAL MUCUS 03
BASED ON BODY TEMPERATURE AND CERVICAL MUCUS 04
NO PARTICULAR SYSTEM 05
OTHER (SPECIFY)__96
Categories
Value Category
1 Calendar
2 Body temperature
3 Cervical mucus
4 Body temp and mucus
5 No specific system
6 Other
7 Don't know
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
FPRHYMETH (V314) reports how the woman determined which days to abstain from sexual intercourse to practice periodic abstinence (rhythm) as a means of delaying or avoiding pregnancy.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

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