Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset
Lesotho, 2004
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Ideal number of girl children (B_IDEALGIRLS)
Data file: LSO2004-B.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
512
End:
513
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
615 How many of these children would you like to be boys, how many would you like to be girls and for how many would the sex not matter?
NUMBER OF BOYS___
NUMBER OF GIRLS___
NUMBER OF EITHER___
OTHER _____________(SPECIFY) 96
NUMBER OF BOYS___
NUMBER OF GIRLS___
NUMBER OF EITHER___
OTHER _____________(SPECIFY) 96
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 98 | Missing |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 63 | Never thought about it |
| 62 | Any number/Fatalistic |
| 61 | God's decision/Allah's will |
| 60 | Non-numeric response |
| 40 | 40 |
| 39 | 39 |
| 38 | 38 |
| 37 | 37 |
| 36 | 36 |
| 35 | 35 |
| 34 | 34 |
| 33 | 33 |
| 32 | 32 |
| 31 | 31 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 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 |
| 64 | As many as possible |
| 65 | Depends on husband |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 66 | Number she has currently |
| 69 | No sex preference |
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
Based on a follow-up question to IDEALKID (V613), which collects information about the ideal number of children the woman would hypothetically want to have in her whole life, IDEALGIRLS reports how many of these children would ideally be girls.
Numeric responses to IDEALGIRLS (V628), IDEALBOYS (V627), and IDEALBOTH (V629) should sum to the total number of children in IDEALKID (V613). Non-numeric responses (such as "up to God") are allowed for each of these variables.
Numeric responses to IDEALGIRLS (V628), IDEALBOYS (V627), and IDEALBOTH (V629) should sum to the total number of children in IDEALKID (V613). Non-numeric responses (such as "up to God") are allowed for each of these variables.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |