Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998

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Reference ID

GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Wife's desire for children (M_WIFEFERTPREFMN)

Data file: GHA1998-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 415

End: 415

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

M522. Do you think your wife/ partner wants the same number of children that you want, or does he want more or fewer than you want?

SAME NUMBER 1
MORE CHILDREN 2
FEWER CHILDREN 3
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
1	Both want same
2	Wife wants more
3	Wife wants fewer
7	Don't know
8	Missing
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

WIFEFERTPREFMN (MV621) reports whether the male respondent believes his partner wants the same number of children, more children, or fewer children than he wants.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General family planning Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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