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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Number living children at first use of FP (grouped) (W_FP1STUSGPKID)

Data file: CMR1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 569
End: 569
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
309) Now I would like to ask you about the first time that you did something or used a method to avoid getting pregnant.

How many living children did you have at that time, if any?

IF NONE, RECORD '00'.

NUMBER OF CHILDREN: ___
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4+
7 Inconsistent number reported
8 Missing
9 Never used FP
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
FP1STUSGPKID (V311) reports the number of living children, if any, the woman had when she first used a contraceptive method, with the number top-coded at 4+ children. FP1STUSLVKID reports responses to the same question, without top-coding the answers.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
First use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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