UPHD - Maternal and child health project

KENYA, 2007 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

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Reason for stopping use of the previous family planning method: Reason 1 (col7a)

Data file: Calendar data (wide format)

Overview

vald 2602

invd 108691

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 95

Questions and instructions

Literal question

COL.7 Why did you stop using the previous method? (i.e. change from the one you were using before)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Infrequent sex/husband or Partner away	259	10%
2	Became Pregnant while using	131	5%
3	Had side effects	736	28.3%
4	Wanted to become Pregnant	68	2.6%
5	Husband/Partner disapproved	59	2.3%
6	Wanted more Effective Method	333	12.8%
7	Health Concerns	80	3.1%
8	Lack of Access/too far	36	1.4%
9	Costs were too much	19	0.7%
10	Inconvenient to use	62	2.4%
11	Fatalistic	24	0.9%
12	Difficult to get Pregnant/Menopausal	600	23.1%
13	Marital dissolution/Separation	27	1%
14	Don’t know	2	0.1%
15	Other reasons	166	6.4%
95	Missing	0	0%
Sysmiss		108691

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

Check Q 9.7:

Interviewer instructions

A INFREQUENT SEX/ HUSBAND OR PARTNER AWAY

B BECAME PREGNANT WHILE USING

C HAD SIDE EFFECTS

D WANTED TO BECOME PREGNANT

E HUSBAND/ PARTNER DISAPPROVED

F WANTED MORE EFFECTIVE METHOD

G HEALTH CONCERNS

H LACK OF ACCESS/ TOO FAR

I COSTS WERE TOO MUCH

J INCONVENIENT TO USE

K FATALISTIC

L DIFFICULT TO GET PREGNANT/ MENOPAUSAL

M MARITAL DISSOLUTION/ SEPARATION

N DON’T KNOW

O OTHER REASONS