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Contraceptive use (measuring dual use) using 2008-09 KDHS [message #2823] Thu, 28 August 2014 09:30 Go to next message
akwarae@gmail.com is currently offline  akwarae@gmail.com
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Hello,

Currently using 2008-09 Kenyan DHS.

I am trying to find a variable that measures dual method of contraception, i.e. condom and any other method.
Variable v312 lists the types of contraceptives that respondents are currently using
and v761- whether respondent used a condom during last sex.

Would it be wrong to use information from v312 on condoms + another method of contraceptive from v312?
i.e., v312 (condom)+ v312 (injections)/ v312 (condom)+ v312 (norplant) etc.

STATA code:
gen dualuse=.
replace dualuse=1 if v312==5 & v312== 1| v312==2| v312==3| v312==11

Would the above code accurately measure dual use?

Many thanks,
Elsie

Re: Contraceptive use (measuring dual use) using 2008-09 KDHS [message #2911 is a reply to message #2823] Tue, 09 September 2014 10:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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Dear User,
Here is a response from one of our data processing experts, Mr. Noureddine Abderrahim:
V312 gives the most important method used and the order is given by the filter 323 in the woman's questionnaire. However, the survey asked in question 311 about all the methods used by the respondents. The answers to question 311 are stored in the variable V307 of the distributed recode data file.

Thank you!
Re: Contraceptive use (measuring dual use) using 2008-09 KDHS [message #2921 is a reply to message #2911] Thu, 11 September 2014 07:23 Go to previous message
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Thank you very much.

Elsie
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