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Demographic and Health Survey 1989-1990 - IPUMS Subset

Sudan, 1989 - 1990
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SDN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics, Ministry of Economic and National Planning, the Republic of the Sudan, and the Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, Inc. (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
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Number living children at first use of FP (grouped) (C_FP1STUSGPKID)

Data file: SDN1989-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 408
End: 408
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
311 How many living children, if any, did you have when you first did something or used a method to avoid getting pregnant?
IF NONE ENTER 100 IN THE BOXES.

NUMBEROF CHILDREN _____
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
var_concept.title Vocabulary
First use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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