Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Fertility preference (M_FERTPREFMN)
Data file: GHA2008-M.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
534
End:
535
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
SECTION 5. FERTILITY PREFERENCES
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Have another |
| 20 | Undecided |
| 30 | No more |
| 40 | Not at risk of having more children |
| 41 | Sterilized (respondent or partners) |
| 42 | Wife/partner declared infecund |
| 43 | Never had sex |
| 44 | Man declared infecund |
| 45 | No partner |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | 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
FERTPREFMN (MV602) reports responses to the question, "Would you like to have a (another) child or would you prefer not to have any (more) children"? The standard response categories are "have another," "no more/none," "undecided," and various categories related to not being at risk of having more children (such as sterilization, infecundity, and not having a partner).
In IPUMS-DHS, all responses in the general category of "not at risk of having more children" share a common first digit of 4, while the second digit distinguishes between the specific reasons (for example, code "41" for "Sterilized [respondent or partners]").
In IPUMS-DHS, all responses in the general category of "not at risk of having more children" share a common first digit of 4, while the second digit distinguishes between the specific reasons (for example, code "41" for "Sterilized [respondent or partners]").
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |