[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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Desire for more children (M_KIDDESIREMN)

Data file: IND2015-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 502

End: 503

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

404. Now I have some questions about the future. After the (child/children) you and your (wife/wives) are expecting now, would you like to have another child, or would you prefer not to have any more children?

HAVE ANOTHER CHILD 1 (GO TO 407)
NO MORE 2 (GO TO 408)
UNDECIDED/DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 408)

Categories

Value	Category
10	Wants more children
11	Wants within 2 years
12	Wants after 2+ years
13	Wants, unsure timing
20	Undecided
30	Wants no more
40	Not at risk of pregnancy
41	Sterilized
42	Declared infecuned
43	Never had sex
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

KIDDESIREMN (MV605) is a constructed variable distinguishing between men who want another child soon (in less than two years), who want another child later (in 2+ years), who want no more children, and who aren't sure (about timing or about the number of children desired), This variable also identifies male respondents who are not at risk of having (more) children.

concept

Concept

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

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