Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018

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Reference ID

PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Feb 26, 2019

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First source for current method (v3a07)

Data file: REC32

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 115

End: 116

Width: 2

Range: 10 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Women who are currently using a contraceptive method excluding lactational amenorrhea, periodic abstinence or withdrawal (V312 <> 0, 8 or 9) and the base for the questions on informed choice.

Categories

Value	Category
10	PUBLIC SECTOR
11	Family health clinic/rhsc
12	Family welfare centre/FWW
13	Mobile service camp/ unit
14	Dispenser
15	Government hospital
16	Rural health center
17	Basic health unit
18	Mother child health centre
19	Other public sector
20	PRIVATE SECTOR
21	Private/ngo hospital/clinic
22	Private doctor
23	Pharmacy/medical store
24	Homeopath
25	Dispenser/compounder
26	Other private medical sector
30	OTHER SOURCE
31	Shop (not pharmacy/chemist)
32	Friend/relative
33	Hakim
34	DAI, traditional birth attendant
96	Other
98	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.

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Notes

First source for current method. This variable is grouped into 4 major categories:
- 10 Public sector
- 20 Private medical
- 30 Other private
- 96 Other

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