Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007

Pakistan, 2006 - 2007

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PAK_2006_DHS_v01_M

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National Institute of Population Studies

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Main reason not to use a meth. (v376)

Data file: REC32

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 63

End: 64

Width: 2

Range: 20 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

All women not currently using a contraceptive method and not intending to use a method in the future (V362 = 5).

Categories

Value	Category
20	FERTILITY RELATED REASONS
22	Infrequent sex, no sex
23	Menopausal, hysterectomy
24	Subfecund, infecund
25	No menstruation after birth
26	Breastfeeding
28	Up to God
30	OPPOSITION TO USE
31	Respondent opposed
32	Husband opposed
33	Others opposed
34	Religious prohibition
40	LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
41	Knows no method
42	Knows no source
50	METHOD-RELATED REASONS
51	Health concerns
52	Fear side effects
53	Lack of access/too far
54	Cost too much
55	Inconvenient to use
56	Interferes with body's processes
95	Wants more children
96	Other
98	Don't know

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

Reason the respondent does not intend to use a method of contraception in the future. The coding categories have changed in DHS III from those used in DHS II.

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