Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004

Reference ID

LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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May 01, 2020

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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FP method currently used: Lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) (C_FPNOWUSLAM)

Data file: LSO2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 588

End: 588

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

310. Which method are you using?
IF MORE THAN ONE METHOD MENTIONED, FOLLOW SKIP INSTRUCTION FOR HIGHEST METHOD ON LIST.
310A. CIRCLE 'A' FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION.

FEMALE STERILIZATION A
MALE STERILIZATION B
PILL C (GO TO 312A)
IUCD D (GO TO 312A)
INJECTABLES E (GO TO 312A)
IMPLANTS F (GO TO 312A)
MALE CONDOM G (GO TO 312A)
FEMALE CONDOM H (GO TO 312A)
DIAPHRAGM I (GO TO 312A
FOAM/JELLY J (GO TO 312A
LACTATIONAL AMEN. METHOD K (GO TO 312A
PERIODIC ABSTINENCE L (GO TO 312A
WITHDRAWAL M (GO TO 312A
LOCAL TRADITIONAL METHOD N (GO TO 312A
OTHER (SPECIFY)__________ X (GO TO 312A

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
9	NIU (not in universe)
7	Don't know

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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