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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2000
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Reference ID
MWI_2000_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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FP method currently used: Lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) (B_FPNOWUSLAM)

Data file: MWI2000-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 599
End: 599
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
311. Which method are you using?
311A. CIRCLE 'A' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.
IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD MENTIONED, FOLLOW SKIP INSTRUCTION FOR HIGHEST METHOD ON LIST.

FEMALE STERILIZATION A (GO TO 313)
MALE STERILIZATION B (GO TO 313)
PILL C (GO TO 319)
IUD D (GO TO 319)
INJECTIONS E (GO TO 319)
IMPLANTS F (GO TO 319)
CONDOM G (GO TO 319)
FEMALE CONDOM H (GO TO 319)
DIAPHRAGM I (GO TO 319)
FOAM/JELLY J (GO TO 319)
LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD K (GO TO 319A)
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE L (GO TO 319B)
WITHDRAWAL M (GO TO 319B)
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X (GO TO 319B)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Don't know
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
FPNOWUSLAM (V307_13) indicates whether the woman is now using the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) to delay or avoid getting pregnant.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in FPMETHNOW (V312), which reports the woman's current contraceptive method.

concept

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