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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Thinks childbearing is a woman's concern (M_KIDSRFEMPROB)

Data file: NGA2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 349
End: 349
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
614. I will now read you some statements about pregnancy. Please tell me if you agree or disagree with them.

a) Childbearing is a woman's concern and there is no need for the father to get involved.

AGREE 1
DISAGREE 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

b) It is crucial for the mother's and child's health that a woman have assistance from a doctor or nurse at delivery.

AGREE 1
DISAGREE 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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
KIDSRFEMPROB (MV747A) indicates whether the male respondent agrees with the statement that "childbearing is a woman's concern." According to the DHS Recode Manual for Phase V forward, this variable is intended to gauge "Husband's perception about woman's pregnancy."

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Childrearing attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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