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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Time wanted pregnancy (last birth) (W_CHDESIRE_01)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1938
End: 1938
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
405) At the time you became pregnant with (NAME) did you want to become pregnant then, did you want to wait until later, or did you not want to have any (more) children at all?

THEN 1 (GO TO 407)
LATER 2
NOT AT ALL 3 (GO TO 407)
Categories
Value Category
1 Then
2 Later
3 No more
7 Don't know
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
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, CHDESIRE_01 (M10_1) indicates whether the last-born child was wanted at the time of pregnancy, was wanted but later, or was not wanted at all.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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