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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Time wanted pregnancy (last birth) (W_CHDESIRE_01)

Data file: LSO2009-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2324
End: 2324
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
405 When you got pregnant with (NAME), did you want to become pregnant at that time?
IF NO: Did you want to have a baby later, or did you not want any (more) children?

THEN 1 (SKIP TO 432)
LATER 2
NOT AT ALL 3 (SKIP TO 432)
Categories
Value Category
1 Then
2 Later
3 No more
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 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 gave birth in the last three to five years, CHDESIRE_01 (M10_1) indicates whether the last-born child was wanted at the time of pregnancy, was wanted but later, or was not wanted at all.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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