Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997

Reference ID

BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Type of method: Menstrual regulation (M_FPTYPMENREGMN)

Data file: BGD1997-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 463

End: 463

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

303. Have you ever used (METHOD)?

01. PILL, MAYA: Women can take a pill every day.

YES 1
NO 2

02. IUD: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

03. INJECTIONS: Women can have an injection by a doctor or nurse which stops them from becoming pregnant for several months.

YES 1
NO 2

04. IMPLANT, NORPLANT: Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for several years.

YES 1
NO 2

05. CONDOM, RAJA: Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis during sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

06. FEMALE STERILIZATION, TUBAL LIGATION, TL: Has your wife had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

07. MALE STERILIZATION, VASECTOMY: Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

08. MENSTRUAL REGULATION, MR: When a woman's menstrual period does not come on time, she can go to a health centre or to the FWV and have a tube put in her for a short while to bring her period.

YES 1
NO 2

09. SAFE PERIOD, COUNTING DAYS, CALENDAR, RHYTHM METHOD: Couples can avoid having sexual intercourse on certain days of the month when the woman is more likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

10. WITHDRAWAL: Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

11. Have you heard or any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

YES (SPECIFY) 1
NO 2

Value	Category
1	Modern method
2	Traditional method
3	Folkloric method

Description

Definition

FPTYPMENREGMN reports whether menstrual regulation is considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample. The process of menstrual regulation is defined on the survey form as follows: when a woman's menstrual period does not come on time, she can go to a health facility and have a tube inserted in her to bring her period.

In the DHS, generally modern methods are the Pill, IUD, injections, diaphragm, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, implants, female condom, foam/jelly, lactational amenorrhea, and emergency contraception. Traditional methods are periodic abstinence (rhythm), withdrawal, and abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other" and country-specific methods (such as herbs or amulet), which vary across samples.

IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in the complementary variable FPTYPNOWMN (MV313), which indicates whether the man's current contraceptive method is modern, traditional, or folkloric.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Type of family planning method Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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