Data for: Negotiation of the Use of Medical Contraception: Levers and Obstacles within Married Couple in Benin

Project Overview

This study aims to identify the factors that influence the negotiation of the use of medical contraception within married couple in Benin. It is an integral part of a larger data collection intended to understand the high fertility in Benin through the social representations of the child, medical contraception, and abortion as well as the determinants of the negotiation of medical contraception among married people. To do this, semi-structured individual interviews were conducted in Benin in the period from February to March 2018 with 30 married people of both sexes. The analysis of these interviews made it possible to observe that the negotiation of the use of medical contraception in the married couple is influenced by incentive factors, limiting factors and a factor having an ambivalent role. The data collection was carried out in French and in local language Fon.

Data Overview

The shared data consist of a table listing the codes employed, their definitions, and relevant excerpts. The full transcripts cannot be shared due to participant confidentiality protections.