FPLDISMETH5Y
(V359)
Last FP method discontinued in past 5 years
Codes and Frequencies
Description
FPLDISMETH5Y (V359) reports the last contraceptive method the woman discontinued use of in the last five years.
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
Comparability
Along with universe differences, response categories for FPLDISMETH5Y (V359) vary across samples. Categories reflect the country-specific availability and awareness of methods (e.g., female condom and lactational amenorrhea), and some samples add certain contraceptives not listed as standard DHS response categories (e.g., herbs or medicinal plants).
In addition, certain response categories change over time, reflecting changes in the standard DHS questionnaires. See "Comparability - Standard DHS" below.
While the specific methods reflect local contexts, the overarching categories of modern methods (sharing a first digit of "1") versus traditional methods (sharing a first digit of "2") are comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FPLDISMETH5Y (V359) was included in the standard DHS questionnaire for Phase 1 forward, although many countries did not include this question on their survey form.
Between Phases 1 and 2, the universe changed from women who used contraception in past 5 years to women who discontinued use of contraception in past 5 years.
Response categories in the standard survey form changed across phases. Beginning in Phase 4, the category "diaphragm/foam/jelly" split into two separate categories: 1) diaphragm and 2) foam or jelly. Some new categories, such as female condoms, were made standard and explicit (rather than subsumed in "other methods") beginning in Phase 4.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Angola 2015: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Bangladesh 1994: Ever-married women age 10-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Bangladesh 1997: Ever-married women age 10-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Bangladesh 2000: Ever-married women age 10-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Bangladesh 2004: Ever-married women age 10-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 12-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Bangladesh 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Benin 2011: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Burkina Faso 2010: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Burundi 2010: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Burundi 2016: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Comoros 2012: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Egypt 1988: Currently marrried women age 15-49 who are not pregnant and who used a method of contraception in the past 5 years.
- Egypt 1992: Currently marrried women age 15-49 who are not pregnant and who discontinued use of a contraceptive method in the last five years
- Egypt 1995: Currently marrried women age 15-49 who are not pregnant and who discontinued use of a contraceptive method in the last five years
- Egypt 2000: Currently marrried women age 15-49 who are not pregnant and who discontinued use of a contraceptive method in the last five years
- Egypt 2003: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Egypt 2005: Currently marrried women age 15-49 who are not pregnant and who discontinued use of a contraceptive method in the last five years
- Egypt 2008: Currently marrried women age 15-49 who are not pregnant and who discontinued use of a contraceptive method in the last five years
- Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Ethiopia 2005: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Ethiopia 2016: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Gambia 2019: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Ghana 2014: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Guinea 2018: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- India 2005: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- India 2015: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Jordan 1990: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Jordan 1997: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Jordan 2002: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Jordan 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Jordan 2009: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Jordan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Jordan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Kenya 1998: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Kenya 2003: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Lesotho 2014: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Liberia 2013: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Liberia 2019: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Madagascar 2021: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Malawi 2004: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Malawi 2016: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Mali 2012: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Morocco 1987: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Morocco 1992: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Morocco 2003: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Mozambique 2011: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Myanmar 2015: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Namibia 2013: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Nepal 2016: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Niger 2012: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Nigeria 2013: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Nigeria 2018: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Pakistan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Pakistan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Rwanda 2010: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Rwanda 2014: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Rwanda 2019: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Senegal 2010: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Senegal 2012: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Senegal 2014: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Senegal 2015: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Senegal 2016: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Sierra Leone 2019: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- South Africa 2016: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Sri Lanka 1987: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Tanzania 2004: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Tunisia 1988: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Uganda 2011: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Uganda 2016: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Yemen 2013: Ever-married women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Zambia 2013: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Zambia 2018: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Zimbabwe 1994: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Zimbabwe 1999: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Zimbabwe 2005: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Zimbabwe 2010: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
- Zimbabwe 2015: Women age 15-49 who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.
