Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992

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Reference ID

MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Reason regrets sterilization (B_FPSTERREG)

Data file: MWI1992-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 575

End: 576

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

608. Why do you regret it?

RESPONDENT WANTS ANOTHER CHILD 1 (GO TO 614)
PARTNER WANTS ANOTHER CHILD 2 (GO TO 614)
SIDE EFFECTS 3 (GO TO 614)
OTHER REASON (SPECIFY) ____ 4 (GO TO 614)

Categories

Value	Category
00	No regret
01	Respondent wants a(nother) child
02	Partner wants a(nother) child
03	Side effects
04	Child died
05	Marital status changed
06	Operation failed
95	Other reason
98	Missing
99	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

For women who have been sterilized or whose partners have been sterilized, FPSTERREG (V618) reports the reason (if any) they regret getting sterilized.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Sterilization Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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