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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Man's preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (grouped) (M_PREFTIMECHGPMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 427
End: 428
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
504 How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?

MONTHS 1 ___ ___
YEARS 2 ___ ___
SOON/NOW 993
AFTER MARRIAGE 995
OTHER ___________(SPECIFY) 996
DON'T KNOW 998
Categories
Value Category
00 Less than 1 year
01 1 year
02 2 years
03 3 years
04 4 years
05 5 years
06 6+ years
96 Non-numeric
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 men who want to have a/another child, PREFTIMECHGPMN (MV604) reports the amount of time, in years, they would like to wait before the birth of a/another child, top-coded at 6+ years.

The related variable PREFTIMECHMN (MV603) presents the same information in more 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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