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    Home / Central Data Catalog / HEALTH_AND_WELL-BEING / DDI-KEN-APHRC-KAS-RDS-2022-V1.0 / variable [V853]
Health_and_Well-Being

Abortion Incidence and Severity of Complications in Kenya 2022, Respondent-Driven Sampling survey (RDS)

Kenya, 2024
Health and Well-Being (HaW)
Kenneth Juma
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Data file: RDS_survey_among_women_recast

Overview

vald 42
Interval discrete

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Specify other reason why you told your family member(s) about the abortion
Categories
Value Category
Because the doctor had confirmed yo them at the hospital n I couldn't hide it anymore
Feared she might get severe complications thus needed someone close
Her mom was the one who facilitated everything thus she just knew
I went to my aunty's place after the abortion and she saw how I changed after abortion and asked me.I had to open up and tell her truth.
I discussed with them just in case something happens to me for them to be aware
I don't want them to ask me questions next time in case they see I am expecting
I had developed complication while aborting
I had panicked and I felt I should tell my grandmother because she is the one who has raised me up
I had to tell her so that should anything happen to me then she was aware.
I had to tell my mother because I was experiencing extreme violence from my boyfriend
I had to tell my mum so that incase of any serious matter she was aware.
I had to tell them so that incase of anything then they were aware.
I told my sister because she was going through the process and I was discouraging her not to abort
I was in school ( class six) needed permission from school and also help to finish the abortion process
I was sermoned by female relatives, I.e mother, sister and aunties and questioned why I did abortion
I was sick after the abortion and I couldn't hide it anymore
I was staying with my sister and I had to inform her about it so that incase of any serious complications, then she was aware.
I was very sick and I couldn't hide it din e my mum as the on who took me to the hospital,when I developed complications
In case anything happens to me for them not to blame my husband
Incase of anything that could happen at that time she's aware
My dad asked me after he heard some gossips in the neighbourhood
My masked me when she saw me bleeding to much she was in my house
My mother and sister came home and found me in severe pain I had to tell them
My mother is the one who took me to the hospital and she is the one who told my auntie
My mother saw how weak I was after the abortion she asked me what was happening so I had to tell her. My sister since we were sharing the same bedroom she saw a lot of blood so I had to tell her
Needed help also from her to be able to reach her brother who was the partner at the time and the owner of the pregnancy.
Shared in order to get their view and opinion
She developed a complication thus called the mom for help
She developed complications that needed special care
She feared she could get worst complications thus needed her mom to know incase of anything
She got very sick
She had gossips and then asked me about it. I opened up and told her the truth.
She noticed I was bleeding profusely and asked me about it, I then told her I had an abortion
She told her so that she knows incase her complications worsen. Also she has a young one who might need help Incase of anything
So that she could take care of me at the time because we lived together
So that they are able to know incase of anything
The case was severe got admitted and they came to know about it
The family member (aunt) just asked her if she ever had an abortion because she was looking for women to recruiting to the study. She shared with her about the study and that's how she came to know the respondent had had an abortion
The family member is her guardian
The respondent said the family member asked her if she had done an abortion after the family member had participated in the survey
The respondent shared with her grandmother so that she could get more information in regards to their culture and what one should do after abortion.
The respondent told the sister after abortion because she was going through severe bleeding.
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
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Question post text
Question relevant when: selected( ${q708b} , 96)
Interviewer instructions
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Description

Text
Specific reasons why the respondent told their family member(s) about the abortion
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