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Mongolia - RHS 1998

Reference ID	MNG-NSO-EN-RHS-1998-v1.0
Year	1998
Country	Mongolia
Producer(s)	National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s)	United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA - Sponsor and technical assistance
Collection(s)	Reproductive Health Survey
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Data Dictionary

Data File: Women

Content	Dataset of Individual questionnaire of the RHS 1998 (question 100-808)
Cases	7535
Variable(s)	152
Structure:	Type: relational Keys: WNEGJ (Cluster Number), WAIM (Aimag), WSOM (Soum), WBAG (Bagh\Horoo), WHHNO (Household Number), WUR (Area)
Version	v2.0
Producer	National Statistical Office of Mongolia

Variables

Name	Label	Question
WNEGJ	Cluster Number
WAIM	Aimag
WSOM	Soum
WBAG	Bagh\Horoo
WHHNO	Household Number
WUR	Area
RESPNO	Woman Line Number
HUSQUEST	Husband Interviewed	Husband Interview attempted?
WMONTH	Interview Month
WDAY	Interview Day
WRESULT	Result
WVISIT	Number of Visits
WINTERW	Interviewer's code
WSUPERV	Supervisor's code
WFEDITOR	Field editor
WKEYOPER	Keyed by
Q100	Recording Time : Hour
Q100A	Recording Time : Minutes
Q101	Year of Birth	In what month and year were you born?
Q101A	Month of Birth	In what month and year were you born?
Q102	Age	How old are you?
Q103	Years Lived Here	How long have you been living continuosly in (NAME OF CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE)?
Q104	Previous Place of Residence	Just before you moved here,did you live in a city, in an aimag center, in a som or in the countryside?
Q105	Ever Attended School	Have you ever attended school?
Q106	Level of Education	What was the highest level of school you completed?
Q107	Read/Write	Can you read and understand a letter or newspaper easily, with difficulty, or not at all?
Q109	Currently Attending School	Are you currently attending school?
Q110	Reason for not Attending School	What was the main reason you stopped attending school?
Q111A	Read a Newspaper at List once a Week	Do you usually read a newspaper at list once a week?
Q111B	Listen to Radio at Least once a Week	Do you usually listen to the radio at least once a week?
Q111C	Watch TV at Least once a Week	Do you usually watch TV at least once a week?
Q112	Religion	What is your religion?
Q200	Ever Given Birth	Have you ever given birth?
Q201	Any Children Living With You	Do you have any sons or daughters who are living with you?
Q202A	Number of Sons at Home	How many sons live with you?
Q202B	Number of Daughters at Home	How many daughters live with you?
Q203	Any Children Living Elsewhere	Do you have any sons or daughters to whom you have given birth and how are not living with you?
Q204A	Number of Sons Living Away from Home	How many sons are alive but not living with you?
Q204B	Number of Daughters Living Away from Home	How many daughters are alive but do not live with you?
Q205	Any Child Born Alive but Later Died	Have you ever given birth to a boy or a girl who was born alive but later died?
Q206A	Number of Sons Died	In all, how many boys have died?
Q206B	Number of Daughters Died	In all, how many daughters have died?
Q207	Total Number of Children
Q220	Number of Births Since January, 1990
Q221	Currently Pregnant	Are you pregnant now?
Q222	Duration of Pregnancy in Months	How many months are you pregnant?
Q223	Want to Become Pregnant	At the time you became pregnant, did you want to become pregnant then, did you want to wait until later, or did you not want to become pregnant at all?
Q224	Age at First Menstrual	At what age did your first menstrual period start?
Q225	Source of Knowledge of Mensturation	Before having your first menstrual period, from whom did you learn about mensturation?
Q226	Is there Certain Times Woman Get Pregnant	Between the first day of a woman's period and the first day of her next period, are there certain times when she has greater chance of becoming pregnant?
Q227	When Women have Greater Chance to Become Pregnant	During which times of the monthly cycle does a woman have the greatest chance of becoming pregnant?
Q228A	When Last Period Started: Code	When did your last menstual period start?
Q228B	Last Menstrual Period	Last Menstrual Period?
WSECT06_GROUP$01	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -PILL 'Women can take a pill every day' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$02	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -IUD 'Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or nurse' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$03	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -INJECTIONS 'Woman can have an injection by doctor or nurse which stops them from becoming pregnant for 1,2, or 3 months' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$04	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -NORPLANT/IMPANT 'Women can get 6 rods under the skin in the upper arm to prevent pregnancy' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$05	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -DIAPHRAGM/FOAM/JELLY 'Women can place a tissue or a diaphragm or cream in the vagina before intercourse' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$06	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -CONDOM 'Men can use a rubber sheath during sexual intercourse' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$07	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -FEMALE STERILIZATION 'Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$08	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -MALE STERILIZATION 'Men can have an operation to avoid having any more children' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$09	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -PERIODIC ABSTINENCE/CALENDAR SYSTEM 'Couples can avoid having sexual intercourse on certain days of the month when the women is more likely to become pregnent' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$10	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -WITHDRAWAL 'Men can be careful and pull out before climax' 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -probed yes -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$11	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men use to avoid pregnancy? 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -specify -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
WSECT06_GROUP$12	Item created from ISSA Group	401.Which ways or methods have you heard about? -Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men use to avoid pregnancy? 402.Have you ever heard of (Method)? -spontaneous yes -specify -no 403.Have you ever used (Method)? -yes -no
Q405	Ever Used Any Method	Have you ever used anything or tried in any way to delay or avoid getting pregnant? What have you used or done ?
Q406	First Method Used	What is the first thing you ever did or method you ever used to delay or aviod getting pregnant?
Q407	Number of Children Before the first Method Used	How many living children did you have at that time,if any?
Q408	Age at Using First Method	What was your age when you first started using any method?
Q409B	Curently Using Any Method	Are you using any method now?
Q410	Current Method Being Used	Which method are you using?
Q411	Months Current Method Being Used	For how many months have you been using this (METHOD)continuously?
Q412Y	Year of Sterilization	In what year was the sterilization?
Q412M	Month of Sterilization	In what month was the sterilization?
Q414	Any Cost to Obtain the Method	Is there service fee or purchase cost to obtain the method?
Q414B	Cost of Method	How much does it cost ( for one time )?
Q415	Source of the method	From whom did you get it the last time?
Q416	Any Problem Using the Method	Do you have any problem with the method you are using now?
Q417	Main Problem Using the Method	What is the main problem?
Q418	Last Method Used (Before the Current Method)	What was the last method you used before the present method?
Q419	Reason to Change the Method	Why did you change the method?
Q420	Intend to Use Any Method	Do you intend to use one of the methods in the future?
Q421	Method to be Used	Which method do you wish to use?
Q422	Reason not to Intend to Use	What is the main reason you do not intend to use a method?
Q424	Approve Female Sterilization	Do you approve of a woman having a sterilization operation, or do you disapprove, or doesn't it matter to you?
Q425	Reason for Disapproving Female Sterilization	Why do you disapprove?
Q427	Approve Male Sterilization	Do you approve of a man having a vasectomy, or do you disapprove, or doesn't it matter to you?
Q428	Reason for Disapproving Male Sterilization	Why do you disapprove?
Q500	Current Marital Status	Are you currently married or living together with a man, or are you single , or separated, divorced, or widowed ?
Q501	Number of Marriage	Have you been married or lived with a man only once, or more than once?
Q502Y	Year of First Marriage	In what year did you start living with your husband/parther?
Q502M	Month of First Marriage	In what month did you start living with your husband/parther?
Q503	Age at First Marriage	How old were you when you started living with him?
Q504	Age at First Sexual Relation	At what age did you first have sexual relations if ever?
Q506A	Last Sexual Intercourse : Code	When was the last time you had sexual intercourse? Code:
Q506B	Last Sexual Intercourse	When was the last time you had sexual intercourse?
Q601	Wants More Children	When not pregnant orunsure : Would you like to have (a/another) child or would prefer not to have any (more) children? When pregnant:After the child you are expecting, would you like to have another child or would you prefer not have any more children?
Q602	Number of Additional Children Wanted	How many (more) children do you want?
Q603	Reason for More Children	What is the main reason you want (more) children?
Q604A	When You Want Next Child (code)	Not pregnant,insure: How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child? Pregnant: How long would you like to wait after the birth of the child you are expecting before the birth of another child?

Total variable(s): 152

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