Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset
Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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Ideal number of children (grouped) (B_IDEALKIDGRP)
Data file: MWI2016-B.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
639
End:
639
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
805. CHECK 226:
NOT PREGNANT OR UNSURE: How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?
PREGNANT: After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child?
MONTHS 1 ___
YEARS 2 ___
SOON OR NOW 993 (GO TO 811)
SAYS SHE CAN'T GET PREGNANT 994 (GO TO 813)
AFTER MARRIAGE 995 (GO TO 811)
OTHER (SPECIFY) 996 (GO TO 811)
DON'T KNOW 998 (GO TO 811)
NOT PREGNANT OR UNSURE: How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?
PREGNANT: After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child?
MONTHS 1 ___
YEARS 2 ___
SOON OR NOW 993 (GO TO 811)
SAYS SHE CAN'T GET PREGNANT 994 (GO TO 813)
AFTER MARRIAGE 995 (GO TO 811)
OTHER (SPECIFY) 996 (GO TO 811)
DON'T KNOW 998 (GO TO 811)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 8 | Missing |
| 7 | Non-numeric response |
| 6 | 6+ |
| 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 0 | [no label] |
| 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
Like IDEALKID, IDEALKIDGRP (V614) reports the total number of children the woman would hypothetically like to have in her whole life, regardless of her actual childbearing, but top-codes numeric responses at 6+ children and codes non-numeric responses as 7.
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |