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FPSTOPUSECMC
Date stopped using recent method of FP in century month
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FPSTOPUSECMC is a 4-digit variable that represents a century-month value (months since 1900) except for the following codes:

9995 = Not interviewed (female questionnaire)
9996 = Not interviewed (household questionnaire)
9998 = No response or missing
9999 = NIU (not in universe)

Description

FPSTOPUSECMC reports the century month code (CMC) for when the respondent stopped using her most recent family planning method. The instructions in the female questionnaire specify that the respondent must have been at least 10 and at least the age she started using her first contraceptive method in the month and year that she reported.

Note that for many samples, January has the highest recorded frequency (see FPSTOPMO). Due to the data entry format of some surveys, if a respondent reported a year but not a month for when she stopped using her most recent family planning method, January was the default month. See the Questionnaire tab for more information.

For earlier surveys, enumerators were instructed to enter the date as January 1, 2020 if the respondent did not give a response to the associated survey question. In later surveys, this date was January 1, 2030. IPUMS has recoded these cases to "No response."

Century month codes (CMC) are particularly useful for checking the consistency of dates, calculating intervals between events, and imputing dates when the information for an event is missing or partially complete.

Century month codes (CMC) are calculated by multiplying by 12 the difference between the year of an event and 1900. The year 1900 was chosen as the reference period because all of the relevant events for PMA occurred during the twentieth or twenty-first centuries. The month of the event is added to the previous result, using the following formula:

CMC = (Year - 1900) * 12 + Month
For example, the CMC for June 2002 is:

CMC = (2002 - 1900) * 12 + 6 = 1230

In other words, 1,230 months have elapsed between January 1900 and June 2002. Starting with CMC figures, one can calculate the month and year using the following formulas:

Year = int( ( CMC - 1 )/12 ) + 1900

[int(x) is the integer part of x]

Month = CMC - ( ( Year - 1900 ) * 12 )

The information above is based on the Online Guide to DHS Statistics.

The question associated with this variable was included in the female questionnaire.

Comparability

Apart from slight universe differences, there are no comparability issues.

Universe

  • Burkina Faso 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Burkina Faso 2015 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Burkina Faso 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Burkina Faso 2016 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Burkina Faso 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Burkina Faso 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Burkina Faso 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Burkina Faso 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2013 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever used a contraceptive method but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2019 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2019 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Cote D'Ivoire 2017 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Cote D'Ivoire 2018 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Cote D'Ivoire 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ethiopia 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ethiopia 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ethiopia 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ethiopia 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ethiopia 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ethiopia 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ghana 2013 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ghana 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ghana 2014 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ghana 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ghana 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Ghana 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • India 2016 (Rajasthan) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • India 2018 (Rajasthan) Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Indonesia 2015 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Indonesia 2016 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Kenya 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Kenya 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Kenya 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Kenya 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Kenya 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Kenya 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Kenya 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Niger 2015 (Niamey) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Niger 2016 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Niger 2016 (Niamey) Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Niger 2017 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Niger 2018 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2014 (Kaduna) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2014 (Lagos) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2015 (Kaduna) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2015 (Lagos) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2016 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2017 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2017 (Oyo) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2018 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2019 (Kano) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria 2019 (Lagos) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria (Lagos) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Nigeria (Kano) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Uganda 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Uganda 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Uganda 2015 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Uganda 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Uganda 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.
  • Uganda 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have used a contraceptive method in the past 12 months but are not currently using a contraceptive method.

Availability

  • Burkina Faso: 2014-2018, 2020-2021
  • Congo (Democratic Republic): 2013-2020
  • Cote d'Ivoire: 2017-2018, 2020
  • Ethiopia: 2014-2018
  • Ghana: 2013-2017
  • India: 2016-2018
  • Indonesia: 2015-2016
  • Kenya: 2014-2018
  • Niger: 2015-2018
  • Nigeria: 2014-2020
  • Uganda: 2014-2018