Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1999

Reference ID

GIN_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan et de la Coopération [Guinea] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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Type of method: Medicinal plants or herbs (M_FPTYPPLTMN)

Data file: GIN1999-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 465

End: 465

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

303. Have you ever used (method)?

01. PILL: 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. INJECTABLES: Women can have an injection by a heath provider which stops them from becoming pregnant for several months.

YES 1
NO 2

04. IMPLANTS: 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. DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY: Women can place a sponge, suppository, diaphragm, jelly, or cream inside themselves before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

06. CONDOM (RUBBER): Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis during sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

07. FEMALE STERILIZATION: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children. Has your spouse/partner ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

08. MALE STERILIZATION: Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children. Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

09. RHYTHM METHOD/PERIODIC ABSTINENCE: Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid pregnancy by not having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

11. OTHER METHOD(S) (SPECIFY) _____

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
1	Modern method
2	Traditional method
3	Folkloric method

Description

Definition

FPTYPPLTMN reports whether medicinal plants or herbs are considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample.

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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