Demographic and Health Survey 1998

South Africa, 1998

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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M

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Department of Health, Medical Research Council

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Main reason not using a method (v375a)

Data file: REC32

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 63

End: 64

Width: 2

Range: 11 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

Women who are not currently using a contraceptive method and who are not pregnant (V312 = 0 and V213 <> 1).

Categories

Value	Category
11	Not married
20	FERTILITY-RELATED
21	Not having sex
22	Infrequent sex
23	Menopausal, hyster.
24	Sub-fecund, in-fecund
25	Postpartum, breast-feeding
26	Wants more children
27	Pregnant
30	OPPOSITION TO USE
31	Respondent opposed
32	Husband opposed
33	Others opposed
34	Religious prohibited
40	LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
41	Knows no method
42	Knows no sources
50	METHOD-RELATED
51	Health concerns
52	Fear side effects
53	Lack of access
54	Cost too much
55	Inconvenient to use
56	Interfere with body
57	Out of stock
96	Other
98	DK

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 is not using a method of contraception to avoid pregnancy.

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