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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Wife's desire for children (M_WIFEFERTPREFMN)

Data file: BEN2006-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 541
End: 541
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
512G) Do you think (your spouse(s)/live-in partner(s)) want the same number of children that you want, or (does/do) (she/they) want more or fewer than you want?

SAME NUMBER 1
MORE CHILDREN 2
FEWER CHILDREN 3
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
1 Both want same
2 Wife wants more
3 Wife wants fewer
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
WIFEFERTPREFMN (MV621) reports whether the male respondent believes his partner wants the same number of children, more children, or fewer children than he wants.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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