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Demographic and Health Survey 2001-02 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2001 - 2002
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ZMB_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Central Board of Health [Zambia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Final say on number of children to have (M_DECFAMSIZEMN)

Data file: ZMB2001-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 445
End: 446
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
801. In a couple, who do you think should have the greater say in each of the following decisions: the husband, the wife or both equally:

a) making large household purchases?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

b) deciding when to visit family, friends or relatives?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

c) deciding what to do with the money she earns for her work?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

d) deciding how many children to have and when to have them?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8
Categories
Value Category
10 Man alone
20 Man and wife/partner
30 Man and someone else
40 Wife/partner alone
50 Someone else
90 Other/not applicable
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
DECFAMSIZEMN (MV743G) reports who in the man's household usually makes decisions regarding how many children to have.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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