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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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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)
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May 01, 2020
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Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern) (C_FPTYPNOW)

Data file: LSO2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 571
End: 572
Width: 2
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
Categories
Value Category
00 No method
10 Folkloric or traditional method
11 Folkloric method
12 Traditional method
20 Modern method
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
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
FPTYPNOW (V313) indicates whether the woman is currently using a modern, traditional, or folkloric method of contraception.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

In the DHS, 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.

concept

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