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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Current method of FP (M_FPMETHNOWMN)

Data file: IND2015-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 551
End: 553
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
532. What method did you or your partner use?
PROBE: Did you use any other method to prevent pregnancy?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FEMALE STERILIZATION A
IUD/PPIUD B
INJECTABLES C
PILL D
FEMALE CONDOM E
DIAPHRAGM F
FOAM/JELLY G
STANDARD DAYS METHOD H
RHYTHM METHOD I
WITHDRAWAL J
OTHER (SPECIFY)______X
Categories
Value Category
000 Not using
100 MODERN METHODS
101 Pill
102 IUD
103 Norplant/implants
104 Injections
110 Diaphragm/foam/jelly
111 Diaphragm
112 Foam or jelly
120 Condom
121 Male condom
122 Female condom
130 Sterilization
131 Female sterilization
132 Male sterilization
140 Lactional amenorrhea (LAM)
141 Prolonged breastfeeding
150 Emergency contraception
190 Other modern method
191 Contraceptive patch
200 TRADITIONAL METHODS
210 Abstinence or period abstinence
211 Periodic abstinence
212 Cycle beads/standard days method (SDM)
213 (Prolonged) abstinence
214 Cervical mucus method
219 National family planning, unspecified
220 Withdrawal
290 Other traditional/folkloric
291 Herbs
292 Gris-gris/amulet
293 Tafo
294 Strings
300 OTHER
997 Don't know
998 Missing
999 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
FPMETHNOWMN (MV312) reports the contraceptive method the man is currently using.

Answers are grouped under the broad categories of "modern methods," "traditional methods," and "other methods," each with a different first digit. Specific methods are distinguished by the second and third digits. See FPEVUSEMN (MV302) for more information on broad categories of contraceptive methods.

concept

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