Productivity, family planning and reproductive health in Burkina Faso: the PopDev study

Quantitative data from a prospective cohort study of 839 pregnant and/or postpartum women who were between seven months gestation and three months postpartum at recruitment. Participants were interviewed three times over a nine month period. The cohort is a population-representative sample of parturient women in the commune of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Data were collected relating to socio-demographic characteristics; household assets; reproductive history; women’s work and occupation including both income-generating and non-income generating activities; birth and postpartum preparedness; characteristics of the index delivery; contraceptive history and current use; fertility preferences; health-related functioning (ability to carry out usual daily activities); haemoglobin level; mental health measured through the K10 scale; time use diary; household food security scale.