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Demographic and Health Survey 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Morocco, 1987
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MAR_1987_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministère de la Santé Publique, Service des Etudes et de L'Information Sanitaire [Morocco], et Insitute for Resource Development/Westinghouse., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Last method used (since last birth), before current FP method (B_FPPREVMETH)

Data file: MAR1987-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 425
End: 427
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
439) Have you used any other method or anything else (since your last birth) before (CURRENT METHOD) to avoid getting pregnant?
(CURRENT METHOD FROM 416 OR 412)

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 456)
Categories
Value Category
999 NIU (not in universe)
998 Missing
303 Other specific method 3
302 Other specific method 2
301 Other specific method 1
300 OTHER METHOD, UNSPECIFIED
220 Withdrawal
212 Abstinence
211 Periodic Abstinence
210 Abstinence or periodic abstinence
200 TRADITIONAL METHODS
131 Prolonged breastfeeding
130 Lactational amenorrhea
120 Diaphragm/Foam/Jelly
108 Male sterilization
107 Female sterilization
106 Female condom
105 Condom
104 Norplant
103 Injections
102 IUD
101 Pill
100 MODERN METHODS
000 No previous method
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
FPPREVMETH (V341) reports the last contraceptive method used (since the last birth) before the current method, for currently married women who are currently using contraception. Women who did not use a different contraceptive method prior to their current method (at least since their last birth) are coded 0.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

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