Data and Code for: Subjective Expectations and Demand for Contraception

One-quarter of married, fertile-age women in Sub-Saharan Africa report not wanting a pregnancy and yet do not practice contraception. We collect detailed data on the subjective beliefs of married, adult women not wanting a pregnancy and estimate a structural model of contraceptive choices. Both our structural model and a validation exercise using an exogenous shock to beliefs show that correcting women's beliefs about pregnancy risk absent contraception can increase use considerably. Our structural estimates further indicate that costly interventions like eliminating supply constraints would only modestly increase contraceptive use, while confirming the importance of partners' preferences highlighted in related literature. Quota sampling. The survey collected data across nine districts of three provinces in Southern Mozambique (Maputo city, Maputo province and Gaza province). In order to ensure a fairly representative mix of socioeconomic categories, we selected districts of different socioeconomic levels and the door-to-door recruitment of respondents was guided by targets for the distribution of women's level of education based on the proportions of women with an "unmet need" for FP found in each province in the latest available Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) at the time of fieldwork (DHS 2011) . Women in Maputo City, Maputo Province and Gaza Province who: (1) are between 18 and 49, (2) are currently married or living maritally, (3) whose husband or partner, if working away, normally returns home at least once per month, (4) do not identify as infecund when asked about their pregnancy intentions, (5) are not pregnant, and (6) do not want any more children or want more but do not want another child in the coming two years. We further exclude women who are not sexually active (i.e., report not having had sex in the previous three months) and who qualify as infecund based on the DHS definition. Smallest Geographic Unit: province computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI);