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

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

African Population & Health Research Center

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a breastfeeding woman can become pregnant (man_q312)

Data file: NCSS 2012 MEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 2341

invd 29

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Do you think that a woman who is breastfeeding her baby can become pregnant?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	1767	75.5%
2	no	173	7.4%
3	depends	180	7.7%
8	don't know	188	8%
9	not applicable	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	33	1.4%
Sysmiss		29

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

It is often believed that a breastfeeding woman cannot become pregnant. Men's knowledge on this topic will predict when they think their wives or partners are at risk of pregnancy and when contraception is needed. In Q. 312, if a respondent says that in some circumstances a breastfeeding woman cannot get pregnant (e.g., if the child is being exclusively breastfed and is less that 6 months of age) and in other cases she can get pregnant, select DEPENDS.

Description

Text

Man's knowledge on whether a breastfeeding woman can become pregnant

Universe

All men aged 12-54 years