Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset
Malawi, 1992
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Best interval between births (W_IDEALBTHINT)
Data file: MWI1992-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
455
End:
457
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
618. What do you think is the best number of months or years between the birth of one child and the birth of the next child?
MONTHS 1 ___
YEARS 2 ___
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 996
MONTHS 1 ___
YEARS 2 ___
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 996
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 169 | 69 months |
| 168 | 68 months |
| 165 | 65 months |
| 164 | 64 months |
| 163 | 63 months |
| 162 | 62 months |
| 161 | 61 months |
| 100 | Less than 1 month |
| 101 | 1 month |
| 102 | 2 months |
| 103 | 3 months |
| 104 | 4 months |
| 105 | 5 months |
| 106 | 6 months |
| 107 | 7 months |
| 108 | 8 months |
| 109 | 9 months |
| 110 | 10 months |
| 111 | 11 months |
| 112 | 12 months |
| 113 | 13 months |
| 114 | 14 months |
| 115 | 15 months |
| 116 | 16 months |
| 117 | 17 months |
| 118 | 18 months |
| 119 | 19 months |
| 120 | 20 months |
| 121 | 21 months |
| 122 | 22 months |
| 123 | 23 months |
| 124 | 24 months |
| 125 | 25 months |
| 126 | 26 months |
| 127 | 27 months |
| 128 | 28 months |
| 129 | 29 months |
| 130 | 30 months |
| 131 | 31 months |
| 132 | 32 months |
| 133 | 33 months |
| 134 | 34 months |
| 135 | 35 months |
| 136 | 36 months |
| 137 | 37 months |
| 138 | 38 months |
| 139 | 39 months |
| 140 | 40 months |
| 141 | 41 months |
| 142 | 42 months |
| 143 | 43 months |
| 144 | 44 months |
| 145 | 45 months |
| 146 | 46 months |
| 147 | 47 months |
| 148 | 48 months |
| 149 | 49 months |
| 150 | 50 months |
| 151 | 51 months |
| 152 | 52 months |
| 153 | 53 months |
| 154 | 54 months |
| 155 | 55 months |
| 156 | 56 months |
| 157 | 57 months |
| 158 | 58 months |
| 159 | 59 months |
| 160 | 60 months |
| 199 | Months, unspecified number |
| 200 | Less than 1 year |
| 201 | 1 year |
| 202 | 2 years |
| 203 | 3 years |
| 204 | 4 years |
| 205 | 5 years |
| 206 | 6 years |
| 207 | 7 years |
| 208 | 8 years |
| 209 | 9 years |
| 210 | 10 years |
| 211 | 11 years |
| 212 | 12 years |
| 213 | 13 years |
| 214 | 14 years |
| 215 | 15 years |
| 216 | 16 years |
| 217 | 17 years |
| 218 | 18 years |
| 219 | 19 years |
| 220 | 20 years |
| 221 | 21 years |
| 222 | 22 years |
| 223 | 23 years |
| 224 | 24 years |
| 299 | Years, unspecified number |
| 996 | Other |
| 997 | Don't know |
| 998 | Missing |
| 999 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 167 | 67 months |
| 166 | 66 months |
| 170 | 70 months |
| 171 | 71 months |
| 172 | 72 months |
| 173 | 73 months |
| 174 | 74 months |
| 175 | 75 months |
| 176 | 76 months |
| 177 | 77 months |
| 178 | 78 months |
| 179 | 79 months |
| 180 | 80 months |
| 181 | 81 months |
| 182 | 82 months |
| 183 | 83 months |
| 184 | 84 months |
| 185 | 85 months |
| 186 | 86 months |
| 187 | 87 months |
| 188 | 88 months |
| 189 | 89 months |
| 190 | 90 months |
| 225 | 25 years |
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
IDEALBTHINT (V615) reports the best number of months or years between the birth of one child and the birth of the next child, according to the respondent.
IPUMS-DHS adopts the recoding system from DHS for IDEALBTHINT. Below is a description of the codes from the DHS Recode Manual for Phase 2:
The first digit gives the units in which the respondent answered ("1" indicates months, "2" indicates years, and "9" indicates a special response), while the last two digits give the time in those units. If the units' value is 9 then the variable contains a special response, and if the duration value is greater than 90 this also indicates a special response. For example, code 996 is used for "other" answers, and code 299 would mean that the response was given in years but the actual duration was missing on the questionnaire.
IPUMS-DHS adopts the recoding system from DHS for IDEALBTHINT. Below is a description of the codes from the DHS Recode Manual for Phase 2:
The first digit gives the units in which the respondent answered ("1" indicates months, "2" indicates years, and "9" indicates a special response), while the last two digits give the time in those units. If the units' value is 9 then the variable contains a special response, and if the duration value is greater than 90 this also indicates a special response. For example, code 996 is used for "other" answers, and code 299 would mean that the response was given in years but the actual duration was missing on the questionnaire.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |