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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Preferred waiting time for birth of a(nother) child (grouped) (B_PREFTIMECHGP)

Data file: KEN1989-B

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	Less than 12 months
1	1 year
2	2 years
3	3 years
4	4 years
5	5 years
6	6 or more years
96	Non-numeric response
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	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 want to have a/another child, PREFTIMECHGP (V604) reports the amount of time, in years, they would like to wait before the birth of a/another child, top-coded at 6+ years.

PREFTIMECHGP includes women who are either pregnant or at risk of pregnancy. However, the definition of "at risk of pregnancy" varies across samples; see Comparability.

The related variable PREFTIMECH presents the same information in greater detail, in terms of months or years, top-coded at 20 years.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
General family planning Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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