Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Vietnam, 1997 - 1998

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VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

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General Statistical Office (GSO)

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Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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4. Why have you never used this method? (s8bq04)

Data file: SCR08B

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Valid: 24920

Invalid: 23601

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 11

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 15

End: 16

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Currently there are many contraceptive methods used widely by married couples. I want to ask you about a few of those methods.

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4. Why have you never used this method?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	wanted children	2935	11.8%
2	side effects	2502	10%
3	too expensive	93	0.4%
4	not convenient	3514	14.1%
5	insufficient information	1198	4.8%
6	ineffective	971	3.9%
7	customs, habits	320	1.3%
8	religion	188	0.8%
9	husband disapproves	1693	6.8%
10	using other method	10258	41.2%
11	other	1248	5%

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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Definition

Children born alive: is a child born with signs of life (crying, breathing, heart beating,
movement of muscles) even with children who died after that a very short time.
Child born dead: is a child born without any signs of life.
Miscarriage: A pregnant woman, who during the period from the first month to the sixth
month of pregnancy, but the foetus comes out is called miscarriage. If the foetus is over 6 months
old, that is called premature delivery and should be listed in one of the two above cases.

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