Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Ideal number of boy children (C_IDEALBOYS)
Data file: GHA2008-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
625
End:
626
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
714. How many of these children would you like to be boys, how many would you like to be girls and for how many would the sex not matter?
BOYS NUMBER __
GIRLS NUMBER ___
EITHER NUMBER ___
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 96
BOYS NUMBER __
GIRLS NUMBER ___
EITHER NUMBER ___
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 96
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 98 | Missing |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 63 | Never thought about it |
| 62 | Any number/Fatalistic |
| 61 | Up to God/As Allah wills |
| 60 | Non-numeric response |
| 31 | 31 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 01 | 1 |
| 00 | 0 |
| 64 | As many as possible |
| 65 | Depends on husband |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 66 | Number she has currently |
| 69 | No sex preference |
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
Based on a follow-up question to IDEALKID (V613), which collects information about the ideal number of children the woman would hypothetically want to have in her whole life, IDEALBOYS (V627) reports how many of these children would ideally be boys.
Numeric responses to IDEALBOYS (V627), IDEALGIRLS (V628), and IDEALBOTH (V629) should sum to the total number of children in IDEALKID (V613). Non-numeric responses (such as "up to God") are allowed for each of these variables.
Numeric responses to IDEALBOYS (V627), IDEALGIRLS (V628), and IDEALBOTH (V629) should sum to the total number of children in IDEALKID (V613). Non-numeric responses (such as "up to God") are allowed for each of these variables.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |