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
CALENDARNEWHY 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 CALENDARNE, and are contained in a comma delimited string.
For Niger 2020 (Phase 1), this variable represents the 3 years prior to the female interview, starting in January 2018 going to December 2020, despite the interview month.
For Niger 2022 (Phase 2), this variable represents just over 2 years prior to the female interview, starting in January 2020 and going to the interview month (January-April 2022).
For Niger 2023a (Phase 3), this variable represents approximately 3 years prior to the female interview, starting in January 2020 and going to the interview month (November 2022-February 2023).
For Niger 2023b (Phase 4), this variable represents approximately 3 years prior to the female interview, starting in January 2021 and going to the interview month (November 2023-February 2024).
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
- Niger: 2020, 2022-2023
