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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Type of method: Strings (M_FPTYPSTRMN)

Data file: MWI2000-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 532

End: 532

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Now I would like to talk about family planning - the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregnancy.
CIRCLE CODE 1 IN 301 FOR EACH METHOD MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. THEN PROCEED DOWN COLUMN 301, READING THE NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY.
CIRCLE CODE 1 IF METHOD IS RECOGNIZED, AND CODE 2 IF NOT RECOGNIZED. THEN, FOR EACH METHOD WITH CODE 1 CIRCLED IN 301, ASK 302.

301. Which ways or methods have you heard about?
FOR METHODS NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY, ASK: Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?

01) FEMALE STERILIZATION: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

02) MALE STERILIZATION: Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

03) PILL: Women can take a pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

04) IUD: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

05) INJECTIONS: Women can have an injection by a health provider which stops them from becoming pregnant for three months.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

06) IMPLANTS: Women can have several small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for one or more years.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

07) CONDOM: Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

08) FEMALE CONDOM: Women can place a sheath in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

09) DIAPHRAGM: Women can place a thin flexible disk in their vagina before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

10) FOAM OR JELLY: Women can place a suppository, jelly, or cream in their vagina before intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

11) LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD (LAM): Up to 6 months after childbirth, a woman can use a method that requires that she breastfeeds frequently, day and night, and that her menstrual period has not returned.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

12) RHYTHM, BILLINGS OR OTHER NATURAL METHODS: Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid pregnancy by not having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

13) WITHDRAWAL: Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

14) EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION: Women can take pills up to three days after sexual intercourse to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT METHOD)

15) Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy? LIST UP TO TWO DIFFERENT METHODS.

SPECIFY____

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
1	Modern method
2	Traditional method
3	Folkloric method

Description

Definition

FPTYPSTRMN reports whether strings (string worn around the woman's waist, believed to prevent pregnancy) are considered to be a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method of family planning in a given sample.

In the DHS, generally 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.

IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in the complementary variable FPTYPNOWMN (MV313), which indicates whether the man's current contraceptive method is modern, traditional, or folkloric.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Type of family planning method Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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