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Encuesta de Demografía y Salud 1998

Nicaragua, 1997 - 1998
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Reference ID
NIC_1998_DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadlsticas y Censos (INEC), Ministerio de Salud (MINSA)
Collection(s)
MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Feb 26, 2013
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Pattern of use (mv361)

Data file: MREC32

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 13
End: 13
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Currently using
3 Ever used
4 Never used
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.

Others

Notes
Pattern of past contraceptive use. The questions relating to contraceptive use since the last birth are not asked and thus the respondent cannot be categorized as having used a method since the last birth or having only used a method before the last birth. All past users are given code 3.
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