ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011
Malawi
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1
Producer(s)
Dr Neil French (Director)
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Nov 14, 2025
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Contraception method2 v3 onwards (cumeth2)
Data file: css_abs1
Overview
Valid:
80
Invalid:
24200
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
138
End:
139
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Today date is the 20th of November 2010. If she had a child in October 2009 we DO NOT ask this question, if she had it in November 2009 we DO.
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Literal question
If YES to [avoidprc]: Are you currently using any method to avoid getting pregnant?, which main method are you currently using?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Injections | 5 |
6.3%
|
| 2 | Pill | 0 |
0%
|
| 3 | Condom | 29 |
36.3%
|
| 4 | Norplant | 1 |
1.3%
|
| 5 | Loop (IUD) | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Close of the tube BTL | 10 |
12.5%
|
| 7 | Other modern methods | 3 |
3.8%
|
| 8 | Withdrawn | 32 |
40%
|
| 9 | Traditional methods | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 498 | |
| Sysmiss | 23702 |
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.