B = Birth
P = Pregnant
T = Pregnancy ended
0 = No family planning method used
1 = Female Sterilization
2 = Male Sterilization
3 = Implant
4 = IUD
5 = Injectables
7 = Pill
8 = Emergency Contraception
9 = Male Condom
10 = Female Condom
11 = Diaphragm
12 = Foam / Jelly
13 = Standard Days / Cycle beads
14 = LAM
30 = Rhythm method
31 = Withdrawal
39 = Other traditional methods
Description
CALENDARIN contains retrospective contraceptive calendar data. These data are contained in a comma-delimited string reading from right to left chronologically.
For India 2020, this variable represents the 3 years prior to the female interview, starting in December 2017 going to the month of the interview (August through October 2020).
For India 2021, this variable represents the 3 years prior to the female interview, starting in January 2019 going to the month of the interview (September through December 2021).
See the Codes tab for a list of the codes and meanings. Our user note on calendar data contains Stata code to convert this string variable into wide or long form numeric variables.
Universe
- Women aged 15-49 who are pregnant, or have used family planning, given birth, or had a pregnancy end within the past 3 years, excluding women who started using their current family planning method more than 3 years ago.
Availability
- India: 2020-2022
