Interviewer instructions
Questions on pregnancy and contraception are to be asked only of women who are currently married or in union
The module should be administered to all women age 15 through 49. These questions in the
HIV/AIDS module deal with private behaviour and attitudes. These questions obtain the
basic information to estimate contraceptive prevalence rates and types of methods used.
If present, male members of field teams (such as supervisors, editors and drivers) should
be asked to leave the interview area. Even in cases where women are being interviewed
alone, they will be reluctant to answer these questions if they sense that you are part of a
team which includes males and that her responses may be shared with the males in the
team.
This question is important because later some questions in this module will not need to be
asked of pregnant women. A woman who is pregnant does not need to use contraception!
Circle the code corresponding to the response given. If she is pregnant, circle '1' and
continue to the next question. If the woman is not pregnant, circle '2'; if she is unsure or
does not know for certain if she is pregnant, circle '3' for 'Unsure or DK'. In both cases,
skip to CU3.
