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CPMETHLAM
Current method: lactational amenorrhoea
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Description

CPMETHLAM indicates whether the respondent relies on lactational amenorrhoea (LAM) to delay or avoid pregnancy.

Comparability — Index

GENERAL
Argentina
 Cameroon
 Syria

Comparability

All 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 — Argentina [top]

Argentina 2011 excludes women who gave birth within the past two years from the universe.

Comparability — Cameroon [top]

Cameroon 2006 excludes women who never had sex from the universe.

Comparability — Syria [top]

Syria 2006 excludes women who gave birth within the past two years from the universe.

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: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union, not currently pregnant, and who use 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
  • 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 2011: 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
  • 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 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
  • 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 not currently pregnant and who use 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 2013: 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
  • 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 (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
  • 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
  • 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 are not currently pregnant and who use 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Turkmenistan: 2006
  • Tuvalu: 2019
  • Ukraine: 2005, 2012
  • Uzbekistan: 2006, 2021
  • Vanuatu: 2007
  • Vietnam: 2006, 2010, 2020
  • Yemen: 2006
  • Zimbabwe: 2009, 2014