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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Morocco, 1992
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MAR_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère de la Santé Publique, Secrétariat Général - DPSI, Service des Études et de l'Information Sanitaire [Morocco], et Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: MAR1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 542
End: 543
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
415) Which method are you using?

415A) CIRCLE 'A' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION

PILL 01
IUD 02 (GO TO 423)
INJECTABLES 03 (GO TO 423)
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY 04 (GO TO 423)
CONDOM 05 (GO TO 423)
FEMALE STERILIZATION 06 (GO TO 421)
MALE STERILIZATION 07 (GO TO 421)
RHYTHM METHOD 08 (GO TO 426)
WITHDRAWAL 09 (GO TO 426)
OTHER (SPECIFY) 10 (GO TO 426)
Categories
Value Category
00 No method
10 Folkloric or traditional method
11 Folkloric method
12 Traditional method
20 Modern method
98 Missing
99 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
FPTYPNOW (V313) indicates whether the woman is currently using a modern, traditional, or folkloric method of contraception.

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

In the DHS, 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.

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