IPUMS DHS: descr: FPPREVUSEMOS

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FPPREVUSEMOS (FPPREVUSEMOS)

Duration of use of previous FP method: Time unit months

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FPPREVUSEMOS reports the number of months (up to 11 months) that the woman reported using her previous contraceptive method before discontinuing use.

The complementary variable FPPREVUSEYRS reports the number of years the respondent reported using her previous contraceptive method before discontinuing use.

Thus, for example, if a woman reported using her previous contraceptive method for three and a half years, that response would be recorded with a "6" in FPPREVUSEMOS and a "3" in FPPREVUSEYRS. This way of recording time intervals matches everyday speech and how female respondents answered interviewers.

Researchers may prefer to use the variable FPFPREVNOMO, which converts responses from these two variables into a single time unit of months.

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