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Demographic and Health Survey 1998

South Africa, 1998
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Reference ID
ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Department of Health, Medical Research Council
Collection(s)
MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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First method used (v369)

Data file: REC32

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 59
End: 60
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 Never used
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 Herb/remedies
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
The first contraceptive method ever used by the respondent. Never users are coded 0.
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