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Indicator description
Indicator: Postpartum amenorrheic
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of births whose mothers are postpartum amenorrheic
Denominator: Births in the period
Group: Postpartum insusceptibility
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FE_PPIS_W_AMN
Indicator description
Indicator: Postpartum abstaining
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of births whose mothers are postpartum abstaining
Denominator: Births in the period
Group: Postpartum insusceptibility
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FE_PPIS_W_ABS
Indicator description
Indicator: Postpartum insusceptible
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of births whose mothers are postpartum insusceptible
Denominator: Births in the period
Group: Postpartum insusceptibility
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FE_PPIS_W_INS
Indicator description
Indicator: Mean duration postpartum amenorrheic
Measure: Mean
Definition: Mean number of months of postpartum amenorrheic
Denominator: Births in the 3 years preceding the survey
Group: Postpartum insusceptibility
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FE_PPIS_W_MNA
Indicator description
Indicator: Mean duration postpartum abstaining
Measure: Mean
Definition: Mean number of months of postpartum abstaining
Denominator: Births in the 3 years preceding the survey
Group: Postpartum insusceptibility
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FE_PPIS_W_MNB
Indicator description
Indicator: Mean duration postpartum insusceptible
Measure: Mean
Definition: Mean number of months of postpartum insusceptible (either still amenorrheic or still abstaining following the birth)
Denominator: Births in the 3 years preceding the survey
Group: Postpartum insusceptibility
Universe: Women
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: FE_PPIS_W_MNI
DHS Quickstats Indicators

  Indicator Name Indicator Definition Indicator Denominator  
Postpartum amenorrheic Percentage of births whose mothers are postpartum amenorrheic Births in the period (W)
Postpartum abstaining Percentage of births whose mothers are postpartum abstaining Births in the period (W)
Postpartum insusceptible Percentage of births whose mothers are postpartum insusceptible Births in the period (W)
Mean duration postpartum amenorrheic Mean number of months of postpartum amenorrheic Births in the 3 years preceding the survey (W)
Mean duration postpartum abstaining Mean number of months of postpartum abstaining Births in the 3 years preceding the survey (W)
Mean duration postpartum insusceptible Mean number of months of postpartum insusceptible (either still amenorrheic or still abstaining following the birth) Births in the 3 years preceding the survey (W)