Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

Last modified

Aug 23, 2018

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Ideal number of children (grouped) (B_IDEALKIDGRP)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 639

End: 639

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

805. CHECK 226:

NOT PREGNANT OR UNSURE: How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?

PREGNANT: After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child?

MONTHS 1 ___
YEARS 2 ___
SOON OR NOW 993 (GO TO 811)
SAYS SHE CAN'T GET PREGNANT 994 (GO TO 813)
AFTER MARRIAGE 995 (GO TO 811)
OTHER (SPECIFY) 996 (GO TO 811)
DON'T KNOW 998 (GO TO 811)

Value	Category
8	Missing
7	Non-numeric response
6	6+
5	5
4	4
3	3
2	2
1	1
0	[no label]
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

Like IDEALKID, IDEALKIDGRP (V614) reports the total number of children the woman would hypothetically like to have in her whole life, regardless of her actual childbearing, but top-codes numeric responses at 6+ children and codes non-numeric responses as 7.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept

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

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