Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset
Malawi, 1992
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Ideal number of children (grouped) (B_IDEALKIDGRP)
Data file: MWI1992-B.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
453
End:
453
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
617. CHECK 216:
HAS LIVING CHILD(REN): If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
NO LIVING CHILDREN: If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
RECORD SINGLE NUMBER OR OTHER ANSWER.
NUMBER __
OTHER ANSWER (SPECIFY) ____ 96
HAS LIVING CHILD(REN): If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
NO LIVING CHILDREN: If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
RECORD SINGLE NUMBER OR OTHER ANSWER.
NUMBER __
OTHER ANSWER (SPECIFY) ____ 96
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 8 | Missing |
| 7 | Non-numeric response |
| 6 | 6+ |
| 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 0 | [no label] |
| 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
Like IDEALKID, IDEALKIDGRP (V614) reports the total number of children the woman would hypothetically like to have in her whole life, regardless of her actual childbearing, but top-codes numeric responses at 6+ children and codes non-numeric responses as 7.
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |