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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how long npreg-nster woman intends to wait before next child:unit (stp_q708_unit)

Data file: step up_round 1_ anon

Overview

vald 2822

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range -9 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	NIU (not in universe)	1020	36.1%
1	months	50	1.8%
2	years	1385	49.1%
93	soon/now	290	10.3%
98	don't know	57	2%
99	other	20	0.7%
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

Q. 708 is to be asked of all women who say that they want to have another child. “How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?”

Note that the answer can be given in months or years. Select 'MONTHS' if the response is in months or 'YEARS' if in years, and record the answer in the appropriate boxes. If she says she would like to have a baby right away, record SOON/NOW (code 93). Skip to Q 710.
If the woman is unsure, select 'DON'T KNOW' if they are not sure.
If the woman gives a different answer write her response in space provided next to the 'OTHER' category.

Description

Text

For how long the woman intends to wait before the next child.

Universe

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

others

Notes

"708How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of a/another child?"