Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1992

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Reference ID

ZMB_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

University of Zambia, Central Statistical Office [Zambia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Jan 20, 2021

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Wanted last child (W_FPLCHDESIRE)

Data file: ZMB1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 440

End: 440

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

403. At the time you became pregnant with (NAME), did you want to become pregnant then, did you want to wait until later or did you want no (more) children at all?

THEN 1 (GO TO 405)
LATER 2
NO MORE 3 (GO TO 405)

Value	Category
1	Wanted last child then
2	Wanted last child later
3	Wanted no more children
7	Unsure
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

FPLCHDESIRE (V367) reports whether the woman's last born child was wanted at the time she got pregnant, was wanted but at a later time, or was not wanted at all. The cutoff point for when the woman's last child was born varies across samples; see Comparability.

concept

Concept

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

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