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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992
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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Number living children at first use of FP (grouped) (W_FP1STUSGPKID)

Data file: MWI1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 542
End: 542
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
308. Now I would like to ask you about the time when you first 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.

concept

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