Literal question
431) I would like to ask you some questions about all the (other) times in the last few years during which you or your husband used a method to avoid pregnancy?
Use the calendar to determine periods before usage and periods of non-usage, starting with the most recent usage and going up to January 1986.
Use the name of the children, dates of birth, and periods of pregnancy as points of reference.
For each month in column 1, record the method code or 0 for non-usage. In column 2, record the discontinuation code next to the last month of usage.
The number of codes recorded in column 2 should be the same as the number of interruptions of usage in the contraception in column 1.
Ask why she stopped using that method. If a pregnancy followed, ask if she got pregnant without wanting to while using the method, or if she deliberately stopped to get pregnant.
Examples of questions:
Column 1:
When was the last time you used a method? What method was it?
When did you start using this method? How long after the birth of (NAME)?
For how long did you use the method?
Column 2:
Why did you stop using (method)?
Did you become pregnant while using (method), or did you stop using it to become pregnant, or for another reason?
If she deliberately stopped to become pregnant, ask:
"How many months after you stopped using (method) did you get pregnant?"
And record 0 for each of these months in column 1.
