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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0
Producer(s)
National Population Commission (NPC)
Metadata
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Oct 18, 2010
Last modified
Dec 02, 2013
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Knowledge of ovulatory cycle (V217)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 33234
Invalid: 1362
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
From one menstrual period to the next, are there certain days when a woman is more likely to become pregnant if she has sexual relations? (IF YES) Is this time just before her period begins, during her period, right after her period has ended, or halfway between two periods?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 During her period 807
2.4%
2 After period ended 12664
38.1%
3 Middle of the cycle 6091
18.3%
4 Before period begins 2051
6.2%
5 At any time 4304
13%
6 Other 88
0.3%
8 Don't know 7229
21.8%
9 Missing 151
Sysmiss 1211
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.

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All eligible women
Source of information
Respondent
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