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National Family Health Survey 2015-2016

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Knowledge of any method (v301)

Data file: REC31

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 23
End: 23
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 3
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
0 Knows no method
1 Knows only folkloric method
2 Knows only traditional method
3 Knows modern method
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
Knowledge of any method is classified into modern, traditional and folkloric methods as follows: Modern methods are Pill, IUD, injections, Diaphragm, Condom, Female Sterilization, Male Sterilization, Implants, female condom, Foam/Jelly and lactational amenorrhea. Traditional methods are Periodic Abstinence (Rhythm), Withdrawal, and Abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other". If a respondent knows both a traditional method and a modern method then the modern method takes priority and she is coded as knowing a modern method. Similarly, if a woman knows a traditional method and a folkloric method, the traditional method takes priority.
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