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Demographic and Health Survey 1999-2000 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
BGD_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates (MA), and ORC Macro (ORCM)., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Ever use Lactational amenorrhea method for FP (C_FPEVUSLAM)

Data file: BGD2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 613
End: 613
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
303. Have you ever used (METHOD)?

01. FEMALE STERILIZATION: Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

02. MALE STERILIZATION, VASECTOMY: Has your husband ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

06. IMPLANTS, NORPLANTS: 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

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

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. LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD (LAM): Up to 6 months after childbirth, a woman can use a method that requires that she breastfeed frequently, day and night, and that her menstrual period has not returned.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
FPEVUSLAM (V305_13) indicates whether the woman had ever used the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) to delay or avoid a pregnancy. The complementary variable FPKNOLAM indicates whether the woman knew about LAM as a method for family planning.

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ever use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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