Measuring Abortion Incidence, Cost, and Quality of Post-Abortion Care in Liberia, Knowledgeable Informant Survey - Liberia

Liberia, 2021 - 2022
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

Kenneth Juma, Boniface Ushie,

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203. B. Indicate whether, in your opinion, women in Liberia access misoprostol f (q203p2)

Data file: KIS LIBERIA_RECAST

Overview

vald 84

invd 5

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 4

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Indicate whether, in your opinion, women in Liberia access misoprostol from nurse's or midwives private office

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Commonly	58	69%
2	Sometimes	10	11.9%
3	Rarely/ never	11	13.1%
4	Don't know	5	6%
Sysmiss		5

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

MISOPROSTOL QUESTIONS

You mentioned earlier that misoprostol (or Cytotec) is sometimes being used in Liberia for induced abortion. I would like to ask your perceptions about how misoprostol is being used for induced abortion in Liberia

Now I want to ask you about the main types of places people could go to get misoprostol to induce an abortion in Liberia. Indicate whether, in your opinion, women in Liberia access misoprostol from these places commonly, sometimes, or rarely/never

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

The respondent's perceptions about how misoprostol is being used for induced abortion in Liberia and the main types of places people could go to get misoprostol to induce an abortion in Liberia

Universe

professionals who are well informed about abortion provision and post-abortion care in the public and private sectors