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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1993
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GHA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Parity at sterilization (W_FPSTERILPAR)

Data file: GHA1993-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 586
End: 586
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
5 5 or more
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
For women who have been sterilized or whose partners have been sterilized, FPSTERILPAR (V322) reports the parity of the women at the time of their sterilization, top-coded at 5+ children.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sterilization Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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