Demographic and Health Surveys Methodology - Measure DHS

AGE AT STERILIZATIONStatistics: Percent Distribution, by Grouped Years of Age at Contraceptive SterilizationDefinitionPercentages of women who had contraceptive sterilization in the specified age groups.A. Coverage: Women of all marital statuses.B. Numerator: Number of women whose contraceptive sterilization occurred in the time they werein the specified age group.C. Denominator: Total number of women who have had contraceptive sterilization.CalculationA. Age at sterilization: Difference between date of sterilization operation and birth date of woman(in CMC format), truncated to single years of age.B. Numerators: Number of women within specified age group categories. Women who have notbeen sterilized are excluded.C. Denominator is the number of women of all marital statuses who have been sterilized.D. Numerators for each age group category are divided by the same denominator and multiplied by100 to obtain percents.Handling of Missing ValuesWomen with missing values for age at sterilization are imputed in the data file.Notes and ConsiderationsPercentages add up to 100 percent.Guide to DHS Statistics 51 Updated September 2006