Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017

Maldives, 2016 - 2017

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Reference ID

MDV_2016_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health (MOH)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

Metadata

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Feb 27, 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 - 98

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	Indhira Gandhi Mem. Hospital
12	Govt. Regional Hospital
13	Govt. Atoll Hospital
14	Government Health Center
16	Other Public Sector
20	PRIVATE SECTOR
21	Private hospital/clinic
22	Private pharmacy
23	Private doctor
24	SHE/Journey/Other NGO
26	Other private medical sector
30	OTHER SOURCE
31	Shop
33	Friend/relative
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.

Others

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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