1 = Infrequent sex / husband away
2 = Became pregnant while using
3 = Wanted to become pregnant
4 = Husband / partner disapproved
5 = Wanted more effective method
6 = Side effects / health concerns
7 = Lack of access / too far
8 = Costs too much
9 = Inconvenient to use
10 = Up to God / fatalistic
11 = Difficult to get pregnant / menopausal
12 = Marital dissolution / separation
96 = Other
99 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
CALENDARCDWHY contains retrospective calendar data for why the woman stopped using a family planning method for a period of time prior to the female interview. These data are in parallel to the data contained in CALENDARCD, and are contained in a comma delimited string reading from right to left chronologically.
In Democratic Republic of the Congo 2019, the calendar is for 3 years prior to the female interview, starting in January 2017 going to the month of the interview (either December 2019 or January 2020).
In Democratic Republic of the Congo 2020, the calendar is for 3 years prior to the female interview, starting in January 2018 going to the month of the interview (December 2020 through March 2021).
In Democratic Republic of the Congo 2021, the calendar is for 3 years prior to the female interview, starting in January 2019 going to the month of the interview (December 2021 through March 2022).
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
- Congo (Democratic Republic): 2019-2021
