Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

ZWE_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Man's preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (M_PREFTIMECHMN)

Data file: ZWE2005-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 497

End: 499

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

504) How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?

MONTHS ________ 1
YEARS ________ 2
SOON/NOW 993
AFTER MARRIAGE 995
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ 996
DON'T KNOW 998

Categories

Value	Category
100	Less than 1 month (wants now)
101	1 month
102	2 months
103	3 months
104	4 months
105	5 months
106	6 months
107	7 months
108	8 months
109	9 months
110	10 months
111	11 months
112	12 months
113	13 months
114	14 months
115	15 months
116	16 months
117	17 months
118	18 months
119	19 months
120	20 months
121	21 months
122	22 months
123	23 months
124	24 months
125	25 months
126	26 months
127	27 months
128	28 months
129	29 months
130	30 months
131	31 months
132	32 months
133	33 months
134	34 months
135	35 months
136	36 months
137	37 months
138	38 months
139	39 months
140	40 months
141	41 months
142	42 months
143	43 months
144	44 months
145	45 months
146	46 months
147	47 months
148	48 months
149	49 months
150	50 months
151	51 months
152	52 months
153	53 months
154	54 months
155	55 months
156	56 months
157	57 months
158	58 months
159	59 months
160	60 months
161	61 months
162	62 months
163	63 months
164	64 months
165	65 months
166	66 months
167	67 months
168	68 months
169	69 months
199	Months, number missing
200	Less than 1 year
201	1 year
202	2 years
203	3 years
204	4 years
205	5 years
206	6 years
207	7 years
208	8 years
209	9 years
210	10 years
211	11 years
212	12 years
213	13 years
214	14 years
215	15 years
216	16 years
217	17 years
218	18 years
219	19 years
220	20 years
221	21 years
222	22 years
223	23 years
224	24 years
225	25 years
226	26 years
227	27 years
228	28 years
229	29 years
230	30 years
231	31 years
232	32 years
233	33 years
234	34 years
235	35 years
236	36 years
237	37 years
238	38 years
239	39 years
240	40 years
241	41 years
242	42 years
243	43 years
244	44 years
245	45 years
246	46 years
247	47 years
248	48 years
249	49 years
250	50 years
251	51 years
252	52 years
253	53 years
254	54 years
255	55 years
256	56 years
257	57 years
258	58 years
259	59 years
260	60 years
261	61 years
262	62 years
263	63 years
264	64 years
265	65 years
266	66 years
267	67 years
268	68 years
269	69 years
270	70 years
271	71 years
272	72 years
273	73 years
274	74 years
275	75 years
276	76 years
277	77 years
278	78 years
279	79 years
280	80 years
281	81 years
282	82 years
283	83 years
284	84 years
285	85 years
286	86 years
287	87 years
288	88 years
289	89 years
290	90 years
298	Years, don't know number
299	Years, number missing
992	Up to God
993	After marriage
995	Soon or immediately
996	Inconsistent
997	Don't know
998	Missing
999	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 men who want to have a/another child, PREFTIMECHMN (MV603) reports the amount of time they would like to wait before the birth of a/another child, in months or years, top-coded at 20 years.

The related variable PREFTIMECHGPMN (MV604) presents the same information in years only, top-coded at 6+ years.

concept

Concept

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

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