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Demographic and Health Survey 1995-1996 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1995 - 1996
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MLI_1995_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante', de la Solidarite' et de Personnes Agees (CPS/MSSPA) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (B_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: MLI1995-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 560
End: 561
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
314. What method(s) are you using?
314A. CIRCLE "07" FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.

PILL 01
IUD 02 (GO TO 326)
INJECTIONS 03 (GO TO 326)
IMPLANTS 04 (GO TO 326)
DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY 05 (GO TO 326)
CONDOM 06 (GO TO 326)
FEMALE STERILIZATION 07 (GO TO 318)
MALE STERILIZATION 08 (GO TO 318)
RHYTHM METHOD 09 (GO TO 323)
WITHDRAWAL 10 (GO TO 326)
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____96 (GO TO 326)
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.

concept

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