Codes and Frequencies
Description
CPMETHLAM indicates whether the respondent relies on lactational amenorrhoea (LAM) to delay or avoid pregnancy.
Comparability — Index
GENERAL Algeria Argentina |
Benin Cameroon Chad |
Guinea Bissau Syria Tunisia |
Comparability
Most samples limit the universe to women who are not currently pregnant and use some contraception method. Some samples further restrict the universe based on past or present marital/union status.
Comparability — Algeria [top]
Algeria 2018 includes women (including currently pregnant women) who used contraception in the past in this variable.
Comparability — Argentina [top]
Argentina 2011 excludes women who gave birth within the past two years from the universe.
Comparability — Benin [top]
Benin 2021 includes women (including currently pregnant women) who used contraception in the past in this variable.
Comparability — Cameroon [top]
Cameroon 2006 excludes women who never had sex from the universe.
Comparability — Chad [top]
Chad 2019 includes women (including currently pregnant women) who used contraception in the past in this variable.
Comparability — Guinea Bissau [top]
Guinea-Bissau 2018 includes women (including currently pregnant women) who used contraception in the past in this variable.
Comparability — Syria [top]
Syria 2006 excludes women who gave birth within the past two years from the universe.
Comparability — Tunisia [top]
The Tunisia 2018 and 2023 samples include women (including currently pregnant women) who used contraception in the past in this variable.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Albania 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Algeria 2012: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Algeria 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who ever used contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Argentina 2011: Women age 15-49 who have not given births in the past 2 years, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Argentina 2019: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Bangladesh 2012: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Bangladesh 2019: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Barbados 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Belarus 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Belarus 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Belize 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Belize 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Benin 2014: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Benin 2021: Women age 15-49 who ever used contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Bhutan 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Roma) 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Burkina Faso 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Burundi 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Cameroon 2006: Women age 15-49 who ever had sex, are not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Cameroon 2014: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Central African Republic 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Central African Republic 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Central African Republic 2018: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Chad 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Chad 2019: Women age 15-49 who ever used contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Comoros 2022: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Congo 2014: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Congo Democratic Republic 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Congo Democratic Republic 2017: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Costa Rica 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Cote D'Ivoire 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Cote D'Ivoire 2016: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Cuba 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Cuba 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Cuba 2014: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Cuba 2019: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Djibouti 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- El Salvador 2014: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2021: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Fiji 2021: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Gambia 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Gambia 2018: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Georgia 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Ghana 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Ghana (Accra) 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Ghana 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Ghana 2017: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Guinea 2016: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Guinea Bissau 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Guinea Bissau 2014: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Guinea Bissau 2018: Women age 15-49 who ever used contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Guyana 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Guyana 2019: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Indonesia (Papua) 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Indonesia (West Papua) 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Iraq 2006: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Iraq 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Iraq 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kazakhstan 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kazakhstan 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kazakhstan 2015: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kenya (Mombasa informal settlements) 2009: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kenya (Nyanza Province) 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kenya (Bungoma) 2013: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kenya (Kakamega) 2013: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kenya (Turkana County) 2013: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kosovo 2013: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kosovo (Roma) 2013: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kyrgyzstan 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Kyrgyzstan 2014: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Laos 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Lebanon 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Lebanon 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Macedonia 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Macedonia 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Macedonia (Roma) 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Madagascar 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Madagascar 2018: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Malawi 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Malawi 2019: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mali 2009: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mali 2015: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mauritania 2007: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mauritania 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Moldova 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mongolia 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mongolia 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag) 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mongolia (Nalaikh) 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mongolia 2018: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Montenegro 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Montenegro (Roma) 2013: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Montenegro 2013: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Mozambique 2008: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Nepal 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Nigeria 2007: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Nigeria 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Nigeria 2016: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Nigeria 2021: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Pakistan (Balochistan) 2010: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Pakistan (Punjab) 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Pakistan (Punjab) 2017: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Pakistan (Sindh) 2018: Women age 15-49 currently married and not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Pakistan (Balochistan) 2019: Women age 15-49 currently married and not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2019: Women age 15-49 currently married and not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Palestine 2010: Women age 15-54 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Palestine 2014: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Palestine 2019: Women age 15-49 currently married and not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Panama 2013: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Paraguay 2016: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Qatar 2012: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Saint Lucia 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Samoa 2019: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Sao Tome and Principe 2019: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Senegal (Dakar City) 2015: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Serbia 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Serbia 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Serbia (Roma) 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Sierra Leone 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Sierra Leone 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Sierra Leone 2017: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Somalia 2006: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Somalia (Somaliland) 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Somalia (Northeast Zone) 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- South Sudan 2010: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Sudan 2010: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Sudan 2014: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Suriname 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Suriname 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Syria 2006: Women age 15-49 who have not given birth in the past 2 years, are not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Tajikistan 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Thailand 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Thailand 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Togo 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Togo 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Togo 2017: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Trinidad and Tobago 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Tunisia 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Tunisia 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who ever used contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Tunisia 2023: Ever-married women age 15-49 who ever used contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Turkmenistan 2006: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Tuvalu 2019: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Ukraine 2005: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Ukraine 2012: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Uzbekistan 2006: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Uzbekistan 2021: Women age 15-49 in phase 2 of data collection not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Vanuatu 2007: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Vietnam 2006: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Vietnam 2010: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Vietnam 2020: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Yemen 2006: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Zimbabwe 2009: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
- Zimbabwe 2014: Women age 15-49 not currently pregnant and who use contraceptive methods to delay or avoid pregnancy
Availability
- Afghanistan: 2010
- Albania: 2005
- Algeria: 2012, 2018
- Argentina: 2011, 2019
- Bangladesh: 2012, 2019
- Barbados: 2012
- Belarus: 2005, 2012
- Belize: 2006, 2011
- Benin: 2014, 2021
- Bhutan: 2010
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2006, 2011
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Roma): 2011
- Burkina Faso: 2006
- Burundi: 2005
- Cameroon: 2006, 2014
- Central African Republic: 2006, 2010, 2018
- Chad: 2010, 2019
- Comoros: 2022
- Congo: 2014
- Congo Democratic Republic: 2010, 2017
- Costa Rica: 2011
- Cote D'Ivoire: 2006, 2016
- Cuba: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019
- Djibouti: 2006
- El Salvador: 2014
- Eswatini (Swaziland): 2010, 2021
- Fiji: 2021
- Gambia: 2010, 2018
- Georgia: 2005
- Ghana: 2006, 2011, 2017
- Ghana (Accra): 2010
- Guinea: 2016
- Guinea Bissau: 2006, 2014, 2018
- Guyana: 2006, 2019
- Indonesia (Papua): 2011
- Indonesia (West Papua): 2011
- Iraq: 2006, 2011, 2018
- Kazakhstan: 2006, 2010, 2015
- Kenya (Mombasa informal settlements): 2009
- Kenya (Nyanza Province): 2011
- Kenya (Bungoma): 2013
- Kenya (Kakamega): 2013
- Kenya (Turkana County): 2013
- Kosovo: 2013
- Kosovo (Roma): 2013
- Kyrgyzstan: 2005, 2014
- Laos: 2011
- Lebanon: 2005, 2011
- Macedonia: 2005, 2011
- Macedonia (Roma): 2011
- Madagascar: 2012, 2018
- Malawi: 2006, 2019
- Mali: 2009, 2015
- Mauritania: 2007, 2011
- Moldova: 2012
- Mongolia: 2005, 2010, 2018
- Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag): 2012
- Mongolia (Nalaikh): 2012
- Montenegro: 2005, 2013
- Montenegro (Roma): 2013
- Mozambique: 2008
- Nepal: 2010
- Nigeria: 2007, 2011, 2016, 2021
- Pakistan (Balochistan): 2010, 2019
- Pakistan (Punjab): 2011, 2017
- Pakistan (Sindh): 2018
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): 2019
- Palestine: 2010, 2014, 2019
- Panama: 2013
- Paraguay: 2016
- Qatar: 2012
- Saint Lucia: 2012
- Samoa: 2019
- Sao Tome and Principe: 2019
- Senegal (Dakar City): 2015
- Serbia: 2005, 2010
- Serbia (Roma): 2010
- Sierra Leone: 2005, 2010, 2017
- Somalia: 2006
- Somalia (Northeast Zone): 2011
- Somalia (Somaliland): 2011
- South Sudan: 2010
- Sudan: 2010, 2014
- Suriname: 2006, 2010
- Syria: 2006
- Tajikistan: 2005
- Thailand: 2005, 2012
- Togo: 2006, 2010, 2017
- Trinidad and Tobago: 2006, 2011
- Tunisia: 2011, 2018, 2023
- Turkmenistan: 2006
- Tuvalu: 2019
- Ukraine: 2005, 2012
- Uzbekistan: 2006, 2021
- Vanuatu: 2007
- Vietnam: 2006, 2010, 2020
- Yemen: 2006
- Zimbabwe: 2009, 2014