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Demographic and Health Survey 1995-1996 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1995 - 1996
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MLI_1995_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante', de la Solidarite' et de Personnes Agees (CPS/MSSPA) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Man's preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (grouped) (M_PREFTIMECHGPMN)

Data file: MLI1995-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 402
End: 403
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
506. CHECK 503:

WIFE/PARTNER NOT PREGNANT OR NOT SURE/NO WIFE/PARTNER:
How long from right now would you like to wait before the birth of a (another) child?

WIFE/PARTNER PREGNANT
After the birth of the child you are expecting, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child?

MONTHS 1__
YEARS 2__

SOON/NOW 993
SAYS WIFE CAN NOT GET PREGNANT 994
AFTER MARRIAGE 995
OTHER (SPECIFY)__ 996
DOESN'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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