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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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Man's preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (M_PREFTIMECHMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 424
End: 426
Width: 3
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
100 Less than 1 month (wants now)
101 1 month
102 2 months
103 3 months
104 4 months
105 5 months
106 6 months
107 7 months
108 8 months
109 9 months
110 10 months
111 11 months
112 12 months
113 13 months
114 14 months
115 15 months
116 16 months
117 17 months
118 18 months
119 19 months
120 20 months
121 21 months
122 22 months
123 23 months
124 24 months
125 25 months
126 26 months
127 27 months
128 28 months
129 29 months
130 30 months
131 31 months
132 32 months
133 33 months
134 34 months
135 35 months
136 36 months
137 37 months
138 38 months
139 39 months
140 40 months
141 41 months
142 42 months
143 43 months
144 44 months
145 45 months
146 46 months
147 47 months
148 48 months
149 49 months
150 50 months
151 51 months
152 52 months
153 53 months
154 54 months
155 55 months
156 56 months
157 57 months
158 58 months
159 59 months
160 60 months
161 61 months
162 62 months
163 63 months
164 64 months
165 65 months
166 66 months
167 67 months
168 68 months
169 69 months
199 Months, number missing
200 Less than 1 year
201 1 year
202 2 years
203 3 years
204 4 years
205 5 years
206 6 years
207 7 years
208 8 years
209 9 years
210 10 years
211 11 years
212 12 years
213 13 years
214 14 years
215 15 years
216 16 years
217 17 years
218 18 years
219 19 years
220 20 years
221 21 years
222 22 years
223 23 years
224 24 years
225 25 years
226 26 years
227 27 years
228 28 years
229 29 years
230 30 years
231 31 years
232 32 years
233 33 years
234 34 years
235 35 years
236 36 years
237 37 years
238 38 years
239 39 years
240 40 years
241 41 years
242 42 years
243 43 years
244 44 years
245 45 years
246 46 years
247 47 years
248 48 years
249 49 years
250 50 years
251 51 years
252 52 years
253 53 years
254 54 years
255 55 years
256 56 years
257 57 years
258 58 years
259 59 years
260 60 years
261 61 years
262 62 years
263 63 years
264 64 years
265 65 years
266 66 years
267 67 years
268 68 years
269 69 years
270 70 years
271 71 years
272 72 years
273 73 years
274 74 years
275 75 years
276 76 years
277 77 years
278 78 years
279 79 years
280 80 years
281 81 years
282 82 years
283 83 years
284 84 years
285 85 years
286 86 years
287 87 years
288 88 years
289 89 years
290 90 years
298 Years, don't know number
299 Years, number missing
992 Up to God
993 After marriage
995 Soon or immediately
996 Inconsistent
997 Don't know
998 Missing
999 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, PREFTIMECHMN (MV603) reports the amount of time they would like to wait before the birth of a/another child, in months or years, top-coded at 20 years.

The related variable PREFTIMECHGPMN (MV604) presents the same information in years only, top-coded at 6+ years.

concept

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