Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset
Tunisia, 1988
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- Data files
- TUN1988-B.dat
- TUN1988-C.dat
- TUN1988-W.dat
Ideal number of children (B_IDEALKID)
Data file: TUN1988-B.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
366
End:
367
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
610) INTERVIEWER: CHECK 302 AND 305 TICK AND ASK THE APPROPRIATE QUESTION.
NO LIVING CHILDREN: If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
NUMBER ____
BETWEEN ____ AND ____
UP TO GOD 95
OTHER (SPECIFY) 96
DON'T KNOW 98
HAS LIVING CHILDREN: If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
NUMBER ____
BETWEEN ____ AND ____
UP TO GOD 95
OTHER (SPECIFY) 96
DON'T KNOW 98
NO LIVING CHILDREN: If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
NUMBER ____
BETWEEN ____ AND ____
UP TO GOD 95
OTHER (SPECIFY) 96
DON'T KNOW 98
HAS LIVING CHILDREN: If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
NUMBER ____
BETWEEN ____ AND ____
UP TO GOD 95
OTHER (SPECIFY) 96
DON'T KNOW 98
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 98 | Missing |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 66 | Number she has currently |
| 65 | Depends on husband |
| 64 | As many as possible |
| 63 | Never thought about it |
| 62 | Any number/Fatalistic |
| 61 | Up to God/As Allah wills |
| 60 | Non-numeric response |
| 50 | 50 |
| 49 | 49 |
| 48 | 48 |
| 47 | 47 |
| 46 | 46 |
| 45 | 45 |
| 44 | 44 |
| 43 | 43 |
| 42 | 42 |
| 41 | 41 |
| 40 | 40 |
| 39 | 39 |
| 38 | 38 |
| 37 | 37 |
| 36 | 36 |
| 35 | 35 |
| 34 | 34 |
| 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 |
| 33 | 33 |
| 32 | 32 |
| 31 | 31 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 67 | As many as can care for |
| 68 | Doesn't want children |
| 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
IDEALKID (V613) reports the ideal total number of children the woman would have liked to have in her whole life, regardless of her actual childbearing. The information is collected through hypothetical questions such as, "If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?" (for women with living children) or "If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?" (for women without living children).
If the woman responded with a range of values, IDEALKID reports the midpoint between those values. According to the DHS Recode Manuals, "If the midpoint is not an exact number then the number is rounded up in half the cases and rounded down for the other half." The questionnaires included space for non-numeric "other" responses, such as "Up to God."
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
If the woman responded with a range of values, IDEALKID reports the midpoint between those values. According to the DHS Recode Manuals, "If the midpoint is not an exact number then the number is rounded up in half the cases and rounded down for the other half." The questionnaires included space for non-numeric "other" responses, such as "Up to God."
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |