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Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Kiribati, 2009
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SPC_KIR_2009_DHS_v01_M
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Kiribati National Statistics Office, Ministry of Health
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Kiribati
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Knowledge of any method (v301)

Data file: SPC_KIR_2009_DHS_W-REC31_v01

Overview

Valid: 20769
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 3
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 27
End: 27
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Now I would like to talk about family planning - the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregnancy. Which ways or methods have you heard about?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Knows no method 71
0.3%
1 Knows only folkloric 11869
57.1%
2 Knows only trad. mth 2969
14.3%
3 Knows modern method 5860
28.2%
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.
Interviewer instructions
FOR METHODS NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY, ASK: Have you ever heard of (METHOD)?
CIRCLE CODE 1 IN 301 FOR EACH METHOD MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. THEN PROCEED DOWN COLUMN 301, READING THE NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH METHOD NOT MENTIONED SPONTANEOUSLY. CIRCLE CODE 1 IF METHOD IS RECOGNIZED, AND CODE 2 IF NOT RECOGNIZED. THEN, FOR EACH METHOD WITH CODE 1 CIRCLED IN 301, ASK 302.

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Variable obtained by recoding question 301 of the Woman questionnaire.
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