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National Family Health Survey 2015-2016

India, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
IND_2015_DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
Collection(s)
MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Duration of abstinence (m8)

Data file: REC41

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 74
End: 75
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
96 Still abstaining
97 Inconsistent
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.

Others

Notes
The duration of postpartum abstinence after the birth of the child in months. The maximum period allowed is calculated in the same way as for M6 and cases exceeding this duration were left with the original response, but are coded with one of the flag codes on variable M29 and are coded 97 "Inconsistent" on M9.
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