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CALENDARINWHY
Contraceptive calendar - why stopped using (India)

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

CALENDARINWHY 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 CALENDARIN, and 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.

Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

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