Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Tunisia, 1988

Reference ID

TUN_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Office National de la Famille et de la Population et Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Main problem with using rhythm, standardized (W_FPPROBRHYS)

Data file: TUN1988-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 563

End: 564

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

405) In your opinion, what is the main problem, if any, with using this method?

01 NONE
02 DISRUPTS PERIOD
03 HEALTH CONCERNS
04 PREVIOUS BAD EXPERIENCE
05 METHOD INEFFECTIVE
06 DIFFICULT TO USE
07 UNCOMFORTABLE
08 RELIGIOUS REASONS
09 FORGETFULNESS
10 CONTRAINDICATED
11 IRREVERSIBLE
12 PROBLEMS WITH ACCESS
13 PROBLEMS WITH AVAILABILITY
14 OTHER
98 DON'T KNOW

Categories

Value	Category
99	NIU (not in universe)
98	Missing
97	Don't know
11	Other
10	Fatalistic
09	Method permanent
08	Infrequent sex
07	Inconvenient to use
06	Costs too much
05	Access or availability
04	Health concerns
03	Husband disapproves
02	Not effective
01	To become pregnant
00	No problem
96	Inconsistent response

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

FPPROBRHYS (V309_08) reports the woman's opinion about the main problem, if any, with using the rhythm method (periodic abstinence) as a family planning method. Interviewers collected the information through an open-ended question and then entered the code for the standard response category that best matched the answer.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Problems with family planning Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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