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MENSTREGHR (MENSTREGHR)
Ever heard of menstrual regulation
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Description

MENSTREGHR indicates whether the respondent has heard of "menstrual regulation."

Bangladesh survey questionnaires defined menstrual regulation as follows:

When a woman's menstrual period does not come on time, she can go to a health centre or to the FWV [female welfare visitor, a type of community health worker] and have a tube put in her for a short while to bring her period.

Some Bangladesh surveys treated menstrual regulation as both a means of contraception (preventing pregnancy), in the contraception table, and as a means of terminating a pregnancy.

Comparability

Apart from universe differences, MENSTREGHR is comparable across surveys.

Comparability - Standard DHS

MENSTREGHR is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe

  • Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49.
  • Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 12-49.
  • Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49.
  • Bangladesh 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49.
  • Bangladesh: 2007-W, 2007-C, 2007-B, 2007-W, 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-W, 2014-W, 2014-C, 2014-B, 2014-W, 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-W