Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1988

Reference ID

ZWE_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc. (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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Problems with current FP method, standardized (C_FPNOWPROBS)

Data file: ZWE1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 548

End: 549

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

325) What is the main problem you experienced?

METHOD FAILED 02
HUSBAND DISAPPROVED 03
HEALTH CONCERNS 04
ACCESS/AVAILABILITY 05
COST TOO MUCH 06
INCONVENIENT TO USE 07
OTHER (SPECIFY) _________ 11
DON'T KNOW 98

Categories

Value	Category
99	NIU (not in universe)
98	Missing
97	Don't know
11	Other
10	Fatalistic
09	Permanent method
08	Infrequent sex
07	Inconvenient to use
06	Costs too much
05	Access, availability
04	Health concerns
03	Side effects
02	Husband disapproves
01	Method ineffective
00	No problem

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

For women who are currently using family planning and acknowledge having any problem with the method used, FPNOWPROBS (V339) reports the main problem with their current contraception. Country-specific responses were recoded into standard categories for FPNOWPROBS.

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

concept

Concept

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

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