Rationale and procedures for nesting semi-structured interviews in surveys or censuses

Figures & data

Table 1  Comparison of Gender Context Study sub-sample and MDICP 1998 sample, Malawi 1998

	Gender Context Study sub-sample	MDCIP 1998 survey sample
Demographic characteristics
Mean age	33.5	31.3
Mean number children ever born	5.0	4.2
Mean years schooling	4.6	4.1
Marital status (%)
Married	84	86
Divorced/separated	12	11
Widowed	4	3
Reproductive health variables (%)
Ever-used contraception (modern methods)	38	34
Unmet need	71	73
(of those who want no more children)	(21)	(302)
Worry about HIV/AIDS (% very worried)	77	75
Women's status variables (%)
Women can divorce husband if:
He provides no financial support	13	27
He beats her	56	67
He is unfaithful	60	64
She suspects he has AIDS	19	22
He won't allow family planning (FP)	21	22
Can go without permission:
Market	17	17
Health centre	23	19
Family planning decision-making
If husband doesn't want FP, find way	63	58
Can get way if wants to space	52	55
Can get way if wants to stop	38	35
Would use secretly if had to	56	57
N	48	994
Source: Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project Wave 1 Survey (1998).

Table 2  Comparison of Agincourt and Gogo Project households, South Africa 2003

	Agincourt households with 60+ woman	Gogo Project
sub-sample
Mean household size	7.0 (1–40)	8.6 (1–24)
Mean number of children under 15 in household	2.3 (0–18)	3.6 (0–13)
Households with at least one child under 15 (%)	76.2	86.7
Households with at least one fostered child	26.5	33.3
Households with at least one maternal orphan	8.3	20.0
Households with at lease one AIDS-related adult death (2001–03)	3.1	33.3
Households with at least one non-AIDS-related adult death (2001–03)	11.3	33.3
Total N	2,671	60
Source: Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System 2003 Census Data.