Demographic and Health Survey 1989

Kenya, 1988 - 1989

Reference ID

KEN_1988_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

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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Wanted last child (C_FPLCHDESIRE)

Data file: KEN1989-C

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	Wanted last child then
2	Wanted last child later
3	Wanted no more children
7	Unsure
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

FPLCHDESIRE (V367) reports whether the woman's last born child was wanted at the time she got pregnant, was wanted but at a later time, or was not wanted at all. The cutoff point for when the woman's last child was born varies across samples; see Comparability.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
General family planning Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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