Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018

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Reference ID

PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Wanted last child (C_FPLCHDESIRE)

Data file: PAK2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 610

End: 610

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

228) When you got pregnant, did you want to get pregnant at that time?

YES 1 (GO TO 229A)
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.

concept

Concept

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

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