Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Jan 16, 2021

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Preferred waiting time for birth of a(nother) child (grouped) (C_PREFTIMECHGP)

Data file: ZAF2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 638

End: 639

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
00	Less than 12 months
01	1 year
02	2 years
03	3 years
04	4 years
05	5 years
06	6 or more years
96	Non-numeric response
97	Don't know
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

For women who want to have a/another child, PREFTIMECHGP (V604) reports the amount of time, in years, they would like to wait before the birth of a/another child, top-coded at 6+ years.

PREFTIMECHGP includes women who are either pregnant or at risk of pregnancy. However, the definition of "at risk of pregnancy" varies across samples; see Comparability.

The related variable PREFTIMECH presents the same information in greater detail, in terms of months or years, top-coded at 20 years.

concept

Concept

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

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