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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Wanted last child (C_FPLCHDESIRE)

Data file: IND2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 666
End: 666
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
228. At any time during this pregnancy, have you had an ultrasound test?

RECORD 'Y' IF YES AND 'N' IF NO IN COLUMN 2 OF THE CALENDAR IN THE CURRENT MONTH.

229. When you got pregnant, did you want to get pregnant at that time?

YES 1 (GO TO 231)
NO 2
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.

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