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Demographic and Health Survey 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2001
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MLI_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante' (CPS/MS) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Wife's desire for children (M_WIFEFERTPREFMN)

Data file: MLI2001-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 434
End: 434
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
527. Do you think that your spouse(s)/live-in partner(s) want(s) the same number of children as you, more children than you, or fewer children than you?

SAME NUMBER 1
MORE CHILDREN 2
FEWER CHILDREN 3
DOESN'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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