Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

cleaned reasons for discontinuing contraceptive use (wom_whystopfp)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CALENDAR ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 3765

invd 245936

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	infrequent sex/husband away	298	7.9%
2	became pregnant while using	184	4.9%
3	wanted to become pregnant	238	6.3%
4	husband/partner disapproved	23	0.6%
5	wanted more effective method	82	2.2%
6	side effects/health concerns	262	7%
7	lack of access/too far	4	0.1%
8	costs too much	3	0.1%
9	inconvenient to use	54	1.4%
10	up to God/fatalistic	0	0%
11	difficult to get pregnant/menopausal	5	0.1%
12	marital dissolution/separation	9	0.2%
96	other	20	0.5%
98	don't know	1	0%
9999995	missing:impute	2582	68.6%
Sysmiss		245936

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

BIRTHS ON THE CALENDAR

Each birth in [2007] or later should be entered in the calendar which is included at the end of the

Woman's Questionnaire. First place a 'B' in the month of birth and write the child's name to the left of the 'B' code. Then ask how many months the woman had been pregnant when she gave birth. Do not assume that all pregnancies last for nine months! Record 'P' in each of the preceding months according to the duration of the pregnancy. The number of 'P's must be one less than the number of months that the pregnancy lasted.

Example: The respondent gave birth to one child, Mary, in the period since January 2007. She reports that she was in her eighth month of pregnancy when she gave birth to Mary in November 2008. Record a 'B' in the calendar in November 2008 and record 'P's in each of the preceding 7 months, i.e., in the months April through October 2008. Write 'Mary' to the left of the month in which Mary was born, i.e., November 2008.

MONTHS OF PREGNANCY

Record the answer in completed months, putting a zero in the first box if she has completed nine or fewer months of pregnancy. You may need to check that the woman is responding in completed months.

Example: If the woman answers that she is 'five months pregnant', ask “Are you in your 5th month of pregnancy, or have you completed your 5th month of pregnancy?” Record '04' if she responds she is in the fifth month of pregnancy and '05' if she has completed the fifth month.

You also must record her pregnancy in the calendar. Write 'P' in the month of interview and for the preceding months of pregnancy. The total number of months recorded with 'P' for the current pregnancy will be the same as the number recorded in Q. 227, i.e., the number of completed months of pregnancy. If the woman does not know how many months she has been pregnant, probe to get an estimate by asking, for example, about the date of her last menstrual period.

DURATION OF LAST LOST PREGNANCY

This question is asked only of women who lost a pregnancy in January [2007] or later. There are two parts to this question. First record how long the pregnancy lasted in months in the boxes provided in Q. 232. Then record the information about the pregnancy in the calendar. The total number of months in which codes are recorded in the calendar should equal the number of months recorded in Q.232.

Example 1: A woman had a pregnancy end in a still birth in May 2009 in the eighth month of her pregnancy. Record '07' in Q. 232. Then place a 'T' in the calendar next to May 2009 and a 'P' in the calendar in each of the six months preceding May 2009, i.e., in each month in the calendar from November 2008 through April 2009.

If the woman responds in weeks, you will have to convert the answer to months.

Example 2: A woman tells you that the last pregnancy she lost ended in August 2008 after 14 weeks of pregnancy. Record '03' in Q. 232. Then in the calendar, place a 'T' in August 2008, the month and year in which the pregnancy terminated, and a 'P' in each of the two preceding months that the woman was pregnant (i.e., May through July 2008).

ENTER LOST PREGNANCIES ON THE CALENDAR

Ask when the other lost pregnancy/pregnancies ended. Any pregnancy that ended in January

[2007] or later and did not result in a live birth should be recorded in the calendar using the same procedure as in Q. 232.

NONLIVE-BIRTH PREGNANCY PRIOR TO JANUARY [2007]

This question refers to pregnancies that ended before [2007] that did not result in a live birth. Ask about each of the three outcomes and select the appropriate outcome- e.g. ask if the woman had a miscarriage that occurred before January 2007. Then move on to abortion and stillbirths.

Example: A respondent had one non-live-birth pregnancy that started in November 2006 but terminated three and a half months later in February [2007]. In Q. 235, select 'NO' because the pregnancy did not end before January [2007]. Check that there is a calendar entry for this pregnancy. The entry should include only the months in which the woman was pregnant in [2007], i.e., a 'T' should have been entered in February [2007] and a 'P' in January [2007]. If this is the most recent pregnancy loss that the woman experienced, the date when the pregnancy ended also should have been recorded in Q. 230 and '03' months entered in Q. 232.

ENTER NONUSE ON THE CALENDAR

If the woman responds to Q. 305a that she (or a partner) has never used a method to delay or avoid pregnancy, turn to the calendar and record '0' in each blank month (where there is no 'B', 'P,' or 'T' code). Thus, for women who have never used a method of family planning, there should be a code in each month of the calendar.

RECORD CURRENT USE ON THE CALENDAR

If the year in Q. 314/314A is [2007] or later, select the appropriate option and enter the code for the method currently used in the calendar in the month of interview and in each month back to the date she started using the method or was sterilized. If she has been using her current method for a long time, write the code in the current month and the beginning month, and join them with a squiggly line. Do not draw the squiggly line through months she did not use the method. If the woman started using her current method in [2007] or earlier, select the appropriate option and enter the code for the method currently used in the calendar in the month of interview and in each month back to January 2002. Then skip to Q. 328. Make sure that you use the method codes shown to the left of the calendar and not the codes shown in Q. 311, since the codes are different for most contraceptive methods.

CONTRACEPTIVE HISTORY

Question 317 asks both current and past users of contraception about their history of contraceptive use since January [2007]. Begin by reading the introductory sentence, so that the respondent understands what information you are asking for. The events that are already recorded in the calendar (birth dates, names, pregnancies, and pregnancy losses) are helpful reference points for yourself and the respondent. For each period of time in the calendar that is still empty (no 'B', 'P', or 'T' or contraceptive method code), you need to enter a code that reflects the respondent's contraceptive story. To do this, you need to find out several pieces of information:

1) Was the respondent using a method of contraception in a period of time, and if so, what method was she using?

2) When did she start using that method?

3) For how long did she use that method continuously, and when did she stop using that method?

4) What happened when she stopped using that method: did she not use any method, did she start using a different method, or did she become pregnant?

Example: The respondent has two births, Mary and John. To fill in the respondent's contraceptive history in the period of time between the births of Mary and John, the first question you could ask would be: “Between the births of Mary and John, did you use any contraceptive method or not?” The respondent tells you that she used condoms. You would then ask, “How long after the birth of Mary did you begin using condoms?” She tells you she began using in the third month after the birth of Mary. This gives you the starting month in which she began using condoms. You also need to know for how long she used condoms continuously and when she stopped using them. So you could ask, “For how long did you use condoms continuously?” She tells you ten months. Now you know when she started using condoms and when she stopped. This accounts for 13 out of the 15 months between Mary's birth and the time when the respondent became pregnant with John. You now need to find out what the respondent was doing between the time she stopped using the condom and became pregnant with John. Ask a question such as, “After you stopped using the condom, and before you became pregnant with John, did you use any contraceptive method?” She tells you she did not use any method. Now you know the respondent's complete contraceptive history between the births of Mary and John:

1) Whether she used a contraceptive method between Mary and John and which method she used

2) At what point she began using that method after the birth of Mary

3) For how long she used that method continuously and when she stopped using that method

4) Whether she used another method after she stopped using the condom and before the birth of John.

You would continue in a similar way until you filled in each month of the Calendar with a code.

Enter the codes of the methods the respondent used in each month of use and '0' in the months where she did not use a method. After you have recorded periods of use and nonuse, every row in the calendar up to the month of interview should be completely filled. You will have accounted for every month from January [2007] to the month of interview by recording the appropriate codes for births, current pregnancies, lost pregnancies, use of contraception, or nonuse of contraception. Column 2 of the calendar collects information on the reason for contraceptive discontinuation, i.e. where the woman changed from one method to another or from a method to no method, we need to record the reason for the discontinuation.

Say for example when the above respondent tells you that she did not use a method after she stopped using condoms; you should ask her why she stopped using condoms at that time. If she tells you she wanted another child, you enter '03'.

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Reason for discontinuing contraceptive use

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All women aged 12-49 years