No penalties are reported
Remedies are actively sought to correct the condition, e.g., amulets, potions, ceremonies
Provision is made for a child by adoption for fosterage
Provision is made for a child by the husband taking an additional wife to bear children or by the wife getting another woman to bear children for her husband
The womans husband can or does divorce her
The woman is ostracized because she has no children, e.g., jokes are made about her. She is given a subsidiary role in domestic tasks

No contraception is known about or used
Contraception is present, but there is no information on the method
There is a rudimentary form of contraception, e.g., abstention when the woman is thought most likely to conceive, coitus interruptus
Contraception is present by implication, e.g., a long post-partum sex taboos or abstention while nursing
There is a long post-partum sex taboos and rudimentary contraception
There is a long post-partum sex taboos and the woman practices some intentional form of contraception
The woman is primarily responsible for contraception, e.g., she has knowledge of rites she can perform to prevent offspring or she has knowledge of rites she can perform to prevent offspring or she swallows a drug

Abortions occur, but there is no information on frequency
Abortions are permitted and occur frequently
Abortions are disapproved of but do occur. If they are infrequent and there is no information on approval, code in this category
Abortions are strongly disapproved of and occur rarely or never

No abortions
Concern for the psychological or pgysical state of the mother, e.g., she does not want more children, she is concerned about her beauty, or she does not want to lose her husband
Revenge, e.g., the woman is angry with her husband
Concern for the childs welfare, e.g., the mother is nursing another which would leave no milk for another, or the couple cannot afford more children
The child was conceived out of wedlock
The child was conceived in an illicit sexual relationship, e.g., adulterous, incestuous, or with a man of the wrong social class or ethnic group
Other