Literal question
Now I would like to talk about family planning - the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregnancy.
Which ways or methods have you heard about?
Rhythm Method.
PROBE: To avoid pregnancy, women do not have sexual intercourse on the days of the month they think they can get pregnant.
Interviewer instructions
Q401c: CURRENT USE
Note that this question will be asked among women who said who have ever used a method in Q401b. If a respondent is either pregnant or sterilized (including male sterilization), record 'PREGNANT' or 'STERILZED' accordingly for each of the methods.
These questions are some of the most important in the questionnaire. Depending on the method a respondent mentions, you may need to probe to determine that the method is being used currently. Current users of pills should be taking pills daily. Some methods provide ongoing protection without daily or regular action by the woman. Contraceptive injections may have been administered two to six months earlier and still provide protection, while implants provide protection for up to five years, or until removed. An IUD, once inserted, protects against pregnancy until it is removed or expelled.
For coitus-related methods, such as male and female condoms, rhythm method, and withdrawal, and a one-off method such as emergency contraception, we ask whether a respondent used the methods in the last 4 weeks.
If the woman says she is using an IUD as a form of emergency contraception, record IUD and not EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION.
Note: If a woman says the current method she is using is abstinence or staying away from her husband/partner, write abstinence in Q401_13 (OTHER WAYS/ METHOD)
Check to be sure that the response to Q. 401c is consistent with the responses to Q. 401a and Q401b. For example, the respondent may say that she is using the pill but reported in Q.401a that she did not know the pill. If this happens, probe further and correct the responses in Q. 401a and Q401b as necessary.
If the woman currently using multiple methods, then select 'YES' on all the methods she mentioned.
