Rebecca Callahan|Stan Becker
The Reliability of Calendar Data for Reporting Contraceptive Use: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins University
collecting contraceptiveuse data means calendar methods become standard practice largescale population surveys yet reliability methods capturing accurate contraceptive histories time remains largely unknown using data overlapping contraceptive calendars included longitudinal study 3080 rural bangladeshi women assessed consistency reports baseline interview month 2006 reports month followup survey three years later examined predictors reliable reporting onethird women discordant reports reference month two surveys among women reporting use contraceptive method reference month surveys 25 percent reported different methods two time points women using condoms traditional methods complex reproductive histories including births episodes contraceptive use least likely report reliably