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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 1992
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Reference ID
NAM_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services [Namibia], Central Statistics Office [Namibia], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Know about female sterilization for FP (C_FPKNOFST)

Data file: NAM1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 493
End: 494
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
302) Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?
READ DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD.

01) PILL Women can take a pill every day.

YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

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

YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

03) INJECTIONS Women can have an injection by a doctor which stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months.


YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

04) DIAPHRAGM, FOAM, JELLY Women can place a sponge, suppository, diaphragm, jelly or cream in their vagina before intercourse.

YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

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

YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

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

YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

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

YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

08) PERIODIC ABSTINENCE Couples can avoid having sexual intercourse on certain days of the month when the woman is more likely to become pregnant.

YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

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

YES/SPONT 1
YES/PROBED 2
NO 3

10) Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

YES/SPONT 1 (SPECIFY)
NO 3
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, spontaneously
12 Yes, probed
97 Method not asked at all
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
FPKNOFST (V304_06) indicates whether the woman knew about female sterilization as a method for family planning. Some samples differentiate between spontaneous and probed affirmative responses; see Comparability.

concept

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