Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy, Developing and Validating Measures of Unintended Pregnancy and Reasons for Contraceptive Non-use among Married Women in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements

KENYA, 2016
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

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safe or unsafe for long use:rhythm (stp_q611_h)

Data file: step up_round 1_ anon

Overview

vald 2822

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range -9 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In your opinion, is it safe for a woman (a couple) to use (METHOD) for several years without stopping or should she take a break from time to time?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	NIU (not in universe)	302	10.7%
1	safe for long use, break unnecessary	1558	55.2%
2	unsafe for long use, take a break	935	33.1%
98	don't know	27	1%
9999995	missing:impute	0	0%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Question pretext

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

We want to know her opinions about various aspects of each method. Note that we are not asking her knowledge about a method. Rather, we want to know her perceptions or belief towards use, side effects, and safety of each method.

Ask a respondent what her opinion about the safety of the method. Ask if she thinks it is safe for a woman to use the method for several years without stopping or the woman should take a break from time to time. For condom, withdrawal and rhythm method, asks a woman "in your opinion, is it safe for a couple to use (method)…. "

There is no need to ask this question for sterilization because sterilization is a permanent method and the sterilized woman cannot take a break.

Description

Text

Whether the rhythm is safe or unsafe for long use.

Universe

All married (living together with a partner)women aged 15-39 living in the households.

others

Notes

"611In your opinion, is it safe for a woman a couple to use Rythm method for several years without stopping or should she take a break from time to time?"