Contraceptive Method
Contraceptive Method Choice
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Background: If you are sexually active and do not want to get yourself
or your partner pregnant, there are many forms of birth
control/contraceptives you can choose from. Condoms are popular because
they protect against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Most forms of contraception, however, do not protect against STIs. Each
contraceptive method has its own disadvantages and advantages. Contraceptives
aren't 100% effective. Condoms have a 98% success rate, but they can
sometimes break. Birth control pills might not be fully effective if you
forget to take them on time. Despite all this, contraceptives are effective
more than 90% of the time. It is important to know how to use contraceptives
properly and regularly if you want to avoid any mishaps. Based on your
needs, you would choose accordingly. Given the dataset, build a model to predict what
contraceptive method each woman would use. Abstract:
Dataset is a subset of the 1987 National Indonesia Contraceptive Prevalence
Survey. |
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Data Set Characteristics: |
Multivariate |
Number of Instances: |
1473 |
Area: |
Life |
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Attribute Characteristics: |
Categorical, Integer |
Number of Attributes: |
9 |
Date Donated |
1997-07-07 |
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Associated Tasks: |
Classification |
Missing Values? |
No |
Number of Web Hits: |
86558 |
Relevant Papers:
Lim, T.-S., Loh, W.-Y. & Shih, Y.-S. (1999). A
Comparison of Prediction Accuracy, Complexity, and Training Time of
Thirty-three Old and New Classification Algorithms. Machine Learning. ([Web Link] or [Web
Link])
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