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

duration of abstinence from sexual intercourse after birth (in months) (wom_q453)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN PREGNANCY ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 2247

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For how many months after the birth of (NAME) did you not have sexual intercource?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		155	6.9%
1		231	10.3%
2		467	20.8%
3		479	21.3%
4		175	7.8%
5		90	4%
6		162	7.2%
7		32	1.4%
8		34	1.5%
9		17	0.8%
11		3	0.1%
12		66	2.9%
13		7	0.3%
14		4	0.2%
15		3	0.1%
16		3	0.1%
17		2	0.1%
18		13	0.6%
19		2	0.1%
24		27	1.2%
97	refused	1	0%
98	don't know	61	2.7%
99	not applicable	213	9.5%
9999995	missing:impute	0	0%

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

Couples may decide to wait a certain length of time after the birth of a child before resuming sexual relations (postpartum abstinence). Qs.452-453 are asked to determine for how long the woman abstained from intercourse after the birth of her child. Again record the woman's answer in completed months.

Description

Text

Duration of abstinence from sexual intercourse after birth (in months)

Universe

All pregnancies (among women aged 12-49 years who are either pregnant or unsure according to wom_q226) in the five years preceding the survey after which woman had begun to have sexual intercourse according to wom_q452