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Demographic and Health Survey 1989

Kenya, 1988 - 1989
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KEN_1988_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc, Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Number living children at first use of FP (grouped) (W_FP1STUSGPKID)

Data file: KEN1989-W

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

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
Name Vocabulary
First use of family planning Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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