Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 2016
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Desire for more children (C_KIDDESIRE)
Data file: ZAF2016-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
619
End:
620
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 63 | Never had sex |
| 62 | Declared infecund |
| 61 | Sterilized |
| 60 | Not at risk of pregnancy |
| 51 | Up to God |
| 50 | Fatalistic response |
| 40 | Wants no more |
| 30 | Undecided |
| 13 | Wants, unsure timing |
| 12 | Wants after 2+ years |
| 11 | Wants within 2 years |
| 10 | Wants more children |
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
KIDDESIRE (V605) is a constructed variable that distinguishes between women who want another child soon (in less than two years), who want another child later (in 2+ years), who want no more children, and who aren't sure (about timing or about the number of children desired).
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
The construction of this variable has changed across phases of the DHS and varies across countries (only sometimes distinguishing between groups of women not at risk of pregnancy due to sterilization, infecundity, or virginity). To maximize comparability across samples, IPUMS-DHS employs composite coding. Women who want more children share a common first digit of 1, women not at risk of pregnancy share a common first digit of 6, and detail present in only some samples is specified in the code's second digit.
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
The construction of this variable has changed across phases of the DHS and varies across countries (only sometimes distinguishing between groups of women not at risk of pregnancy due to sterilization, infecundity, or virginity). To maximize comparability across samples, IPUMS-DHS employs composite coding. Women who want more children share a common first digit of 1, women not at risk of pregnancy share a common first digit of 6, and detail present in only some samples is specified in the code's second digit.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |