[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Fertility preferences (C_FERTPREF)

Data file: IND2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 657

End: 658

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

605. Now I have some questions about the future. Would you like to have (a/another) child, or would you prefer not to have any (more) children?

HAVE (A/ANOTHER) CHILD 1
NO MORE/NONE 2 (GO TO 608)
SAYS SHE CAN'T GET PREGNANT 3 (GO TO 614)
UNDECIDED/DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 611)

Value	Category
99	NIU (not in universe)
98	Missing
53	Never had sex
52	Declared infecund
51	Sterilized
50	Not at risk of pregnancy
40	Up to God
30	No more
20	Undecided
10	Have another

Description

Definition

For countries with low contraceptive prevalence, FERTPREF (V602) reports responses to the question, "Would you like to have a (another) child or would you prefer not to have any (more) children"? The standard response categories are "have another," "no more/none," "says she can't get pregnant," and "undecided or don't know."

In Phase I, FERTPREF (V602), was constructed from two questions in countries with high contraceptive prevalence (Model "A" questionnaires). Women who responded that they want another child, but when asked when they would like the next child, respond that they cannot get pregnant, are classified in the "declared infecund category," and not in the "Wants another" category.

Some samples also include the response "up to God." More detailed responses under the general category "says she can't get pregnant" are sometimes available. In IPUMS-DHS, all responses in the general category of "not at risk of pregnancy" share a common first digit of 5, while the second digit distinguishes between the specific reasons. In some countries, women who never had sexual intercourse (coded as "53" in IPUMS-DHS) were not asked the questions relating to their desire for future children.

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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