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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000
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Reference ID
NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) [Namibia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Believes sterilization is the same as castration (M_FPSTERATTCASTMN)

Data file: NAM2000-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 467
End: 467
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
311. I am going to read you some statements about contraception. Please tell me if you agree or disagree with each statement:
a) Contraception is women's business and a man should not have to worry about it.
b) Women who are sterilised may become promiscuous.
c) Being sterilised for a man is the same as castration.
d) A woman is the one who gets pregnant so she should be the one to get sterilised.

MAN SHOULDN'T WORRY

AGR 1
DIS 2
DK 8

PROMISCUOUS

AGR 1
DIS 2
DK 8

CASTRATION

AGR 1
DIS 2
DK 8

WOMAN SHOULD

AGR 1
DIS 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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
FPSTERATTCASTMN (MV3B25C) indicates whether the man believes that sterilization is equivalent to castration for a man.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sterilization Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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