Consumer’s Market
for Family Planning
(CM4FP)
Understanding the dynamics
between the supply and demand
sides of the FP market.
WHAT IS CM4FP?
The CM4FP study was implemented by PSI in collaboration with Population Services Kenya, Society for Family Health in Nigeria and PSI Uganda, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
For additional information about the study design and
methodology
DATA VISUALIZATION PREVIEWS
Below you will find three charts that provide a visualized preview of what is offered in the
CM4FP datasets. Please select from the buttons below to view your graphic of interest
and use the filters that interest you.
What can CM4FP do FOR ME?
The study provides researchers, practitioners, and policymakers with publicly accessible data and resources for understanding how FP markets operate, and fill gaps in knowledge about how consumers experience and respond to FP market supply-side issues.
Key questions that can be explored with this data:
How far do women live from the outlet where they last obtained FP as compared to other outlets in the study area? How do outlet characteristics and product offerings compare? What assumptions about outlet proximity and access can be tested?
What factors did women take into consideration when choosing an outlet or FP method? Did any additional factors influence their choice during their most recent visit? How do women’s perceptions of the family planning market in their vicinity relate to her most recent family planning outlet source? Can outlet census information provide additional insights into our understanding of women’s decision making around outlet selection?
What products are offered, available, or stocked out at different categories of outlets? How does product availability change over time within outlets? Can outlet census information provide additional insights for how product availability can be measured efficiently, and can this approach be adapted to different levels of geographic coverage and resources?
An overview of key topics and additional research questions that can be explored with the CM4FP data are outlined in the Future Analysis Guide.
ACCESS THE DATA
HOUSEHOLD (HH) DATA
Data contains interviews with women aged 18-49 years using the household questionnaire.
OUTLET DATA
Data contains outlet census data, including product audit data, using the outlet and CHW questionnaires.
DISTANCE & TIME FROM LINKED DATA
Data contains modelled distances and travel times between all interviewed households and outlets in each site.
User feedback on data errors: The CM4FP Study Team is committed to providing users with accurate and well-documented data that facilitates future analysis and data use. If you believe that you have identified a potential error in variable coding, labeling, documentation, or any other aspect of the data, we encourage you to contact us at [email protected] so that it can be corrected.
Additional Study Materials
Future analysis guide
This guide is a starting point for users of the data to understand its potential for future analysis
Methodology Considerations
Note, the data has been deidentified to protect the identify of respondents. The study has a primarily urban focus and is not intended to be nationally or sub-nationally representative.
For more details regarding limitations, see here
GIS Methodology
Managing disclosure risk in CM4FP spatial data, approaches and consequences for spatial analysis
This brief explores the varieties of spatial data associated with CM4FP data, the disclosure risk associated with each one, and presents the approach that CM4FP has taken to maximize the analytic utility of the data while fulfilling necessary ethical obligations.
Read more regarding the GIS methodology here.
Time and Distance Measurement Methods: CM4FP spatial data models and assumptions
This brief outlines the approach taken to calculate the time and distance measures of geographic accessibility from households to outlets in the CM4FP project. Euclidian and least cost measures have been provided to maximize the future analytical potential of our GIS data while protecting anonymity of household survey respondents.
Hypothetical
illustration of inner and
outer rings
PUBLICATIONS
LINKING FAMILY PLANNING MARKET CENSUS DATA WITH CONSUMER
EXPERIENCES IN THREE COUNTRIES: THE CONSUMER’S MARKET FOR FAMILY
PLANNING STUDY PROTOCOL AND DATA.
Published on Gates Open Research, May 16, 2022.
COMPARING EMPIRICAL WITH SELF-REPORTED MEASURES OF TRAVEL TIME AND DISTANCE TO FAMILY PLANNING OUTLETS: MODELLING GEOGRAPHICAL ACCESSIBILITY IN KENYA.
Published on BMJ Global Health, May 6 2022.
UPCOMINGDISCOVER what's coming soon
Expanding analysis of modern contraceptive supply dynamics using latent transition analysis: findings from a multi-country longitudinal study of family planning outlets
Understanding common outlet sampling approaches and the potential for bias using data from a multi-country longitudinal study of family planning outlets
Linking Contraceptive Users to Service Delivery Points: Innovations and Challenges from the Consumer’s Market for Family Planning Study in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda
This paper examines the feasibility of directly linking contraceptive users to service delivery points
