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Demographic and Health Survey 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 2012
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Reference ID
GIN_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan [Guinea] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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May 14, 2020
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FP method currently used: Lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) (W_FPNOWUSLAM)

Data file: GIN2012-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 671
End: 671
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
304) Which method are you using?

CIRCLE ALL MENTIONED
IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD MENTIONED, FOLLOW SKIP INSTRUCTION FOR HIGHEST METHOD IN LIST.

A FEMALE STERILIZATION (GO TO 307)
B MALE STERILIZATION (GO TO 307)
C IUD (GO TO 308A)
D INJECTABLES (GO TO 308A)
E IMPLANTS (GO TO 308A)
F PILL
G CONDOM (GO TO 306)
H FEMALE CONDOM (GO TO 308A)
I DIAPHRAGM (GO TO 308A)
J FOAM/JELLY (GO TO 308A)
K LACTATIONAL AMEN. METHOD (GO TO 308A)
L RHYTHM METHOD (GO TO 308A)
M WITHDRAWAL (GO TO 308A)
X OTHER MODERN METHOD (GO TO 308A)
Y OTHER TRADITIONAL METHOD (GO TO 308A)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 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.

Description

Definition
FPNOWUSLAM (V307_13) indicates whether the woman is now using the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) to delay or avoid getting pregnant.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in FPMETHNOW (V312), which reports the woman's current contraceptive method.

concept

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