DOI: 10.26183/a68w-yg02
title: Construction and experiences of hormonal and non-hormonal contraception

description: This dataset contains three sections of data. All data files have been anonymised.
The first section contains quantitative and qualitative survey online results from 1485 participants across Australia. The survey recruited people aged 18 and over, who had previously used or currently used hormonal and/or non-hormonal contraception (including withdrawal and fertility awareness-based methods). A conversational level of English was required, and participants had (currently or in the past) a cervix. This criterion allowed for gender-diverse people to participate, and those who may have had a hysterectomy, if they wished to reflect back on past experiences. Only 16.7% of survey participants were over 45 years; most data came from participants 18-44 years. Survey participants reported a broad range of gender identities, sexual preferences, cultural backgrounds, child-bearing desires, and other demographics. For example, most survey participants identified as cis women, with 15% identifying as a gender other than cis woman. Survey data is stored as a single Excel file (.xlsx) and as a CSV file (.csv).

The survey was titled “Voice Your Contraception Experiences” and contained five sections: demographics and contraception use; satisfaction with current or most recent contraception method (including use of an adapted quantitative survey instrument); contraception healthcare experiences (including use of a quantitative survey instrument); reproductive autonomy (including use of an adapted quantitative survey instrument); and free text open-ended questions about the three preceding instruments, and about contraception influences and side effects. Demographic data collected included age, gender, sexual preferences, cultural background, education level, childbearing desires, existing chronic health conditions, and whether these influenced contraception use. Open-ended questions were used to explore in greater depth satisfaction, healthcare, autonomy, and experiences of contraception method/s including side effects experienced, as well as any consequences of these experiences. Aspects of a trans survey developed by Moseson et al (2020) such as more gender inclusive questions and overall language, as well as participant suggestions from trans communities in Australian Facebook groups were included in a separately distributed trans version of the survey.

The second and third sections of data are from 20 participants who elected to complete a body mapping session, and in-depth interview, respectively. The body mapping comprised a participant written timeline of contraception use so far, thinking about first use, switching and discontinuations, and significant events of physical/emotional/psychological importance connected to contraception use  (saved as a text file, .txt). The body mapping session also included a verbal description and recap of this by the participant (transcribed and saved as a Word doc file, .docx), a body map (digital image, .tiff), and a body map summary by the participant (transcribed and saved as a Word doc file, .docx). The in-depth interviews are transcribed and stored as Word doc files (.docx). The second section also contains some comments made by participants during the body mapping sessions (transcribed and saved as Word doc files, .docx). 
20 participants completed the timeline of contraception use, 18 completed the body mapping session, and 17 completed the in-depth interview. Data from partial completion of stage two was included in the analysis. Stage two participants were aged 18-39, with a median age of 28, corresponding with the age range of the majority of survey participants. Of total stage two participants, 20% had a gender identity other than woman, and 60% had sexual preference as non-heterosexual. Regarding cultural diversity and childbearing desires, 25% of stage two participants were of a cultural background not solely White, with 45% not wanting any, or any more children, respectively.
This dataset cannot be published openly due to ethics conditions. To discuss the research, please contact Susan Manners <S.Manners@westernsydney.edu.au> ORCID 0000-0002-9281-257X