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Encuesta de Demografía y Salud 1998

Nicaragua, 1997 - 1998
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NIC_1998_DHS_v01_M
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Instituto Nacional de Estadlsticas y Censos (INEC), Ministerio de Salud (MINSA)
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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Last method disc. last 5 years (v359)

Data file: REC32

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 52
End: 53
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 15
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Respondents with a method in the last five years.
Categories
Value Category
1 Pill
2 IUD
3 Injections
4 Diaphragm/Foam/Jelly
5 Condom
6 Female Sterilization
7 Male Sterilization
8 Periodic Abstinence
9 Withdrawal
10 Other
11 Norplant
12 Abstinence
13 Specific method 1
14 Specific method 2
15 Specific method 3
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.

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Notes
Last method discontinued in the last five years.

Variables V359 and V360 relate to the last method discontinued in the last five years. The information for these variables is taken from the calendar.
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