Table 1 List of selected question items
Category | Question items |
|---|---|
Background characteristics of women and husbands/partners | Age, level of education, current marital status and history, occupation including casual work, religion, co-residential status with husband/partner, ethnicity (only in Kenya), perceived risk of HIV infection (only Homa-Bay) |
Reproduction | Parity, number of living children, age of the last child, current pregnancy status, duration of pregnancy, outcome of pregnancy at round 2 and 3 (live births, survival status, miscarriages, abortions) |
Past, current and future contraceptive use | Knowledge of contraceptive methods, current use (month-to-month use at round 2 and 3), use of emergency contraception, reasons for non-use, intention for future use, preferred method, intention to switch a method |
(1) Fertility preferences | |
  Prospective fertility preferences | Future desire for children, preferences for timing of pregnancy, importance of avoiding pregnancy, potential changes in fertility preferences, feelings about getting pregnant |
  Retrospective fertility preferences | Pregnancy wantedness, preferences for timing of pregnancy, importance of avoiding pregnancy, use of family planning before pregnancy, feelings about becoming pregnant |
  Ideal number of children | Ideal number of children |
(2) Generic disapproval of pregnancy prevention | Approval of/opposition to contraceptive use, importance of features that determine method-choice |
(3) Method-specific barriers to use | Familiarity, access, perceived effectiveness, safety, side effects, ease of use, appropriateness of someone like respondent, partner-related factors, satisfaction |
(4) Perceived risk of getting pregnant | Perceived infecundity, frequency of sexual activity, postpartum insusceptibility, knowledge of safe period during breastfeeding |
(5) Partner-related factors | Perceived partner’s fertility preferences, partner’s opposition to contraception |