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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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Reference ID
ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Ever use male sterilization for FP (W_FPEVUSMST)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 643
End: 643
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
303 Have you ever used of (METHOD)?

01 PILL Women can take a pill every day.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

04 DIAPAGM, FOAM, JELLY Women can place a sponge, suppository, jelly, or cream in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

06 FEMALE STERILIZATION Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.
Have you ever had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

07 MALE STERILIZATION Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.
Have you ever had a partner who had an operation to avoid having any more children?

YES 1
NO 2

08 RHYTHM, CALENDAR METHOD Every month that a woman is sexually active she can avoid having sexual intercourse on the days of the month she is most likely to get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

10 HERBS. Women use natural herbs or Dutch remedies to avoid pregnancy

YES 1
NO 2

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

YES 1
NO 2

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 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
FPEVUSMST (V305_07) indicates whether the woman had ever used male sterilization to delay or avoid a pregnancy.

concept

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