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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2006
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MLI_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante' (CPS/MS) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique du Ministere de l'Economie, de l'Industrie et du Commerce (DNSI/MEIC) [Mali], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Desire for more children (M_KIDDESIREMN)

Data file: MLI2006-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 477
End: 478
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Now I have some questions about the future.

503. CHECK 502:

NO, NO PREGNANT WIFE/PARTNER/NOT SURE
Would you like to have a (another) child, or do you prefer to have no (more) children at all?

YES, WIFE/PARTNER PREGNANT
After the child that your wife/partner is expecting, would you like to have a (another) child, or do you prefer to have no (more) children at all?

HAVE A (ANOTHER) CHILD 1
NO MORE/NO 2 (GO TO 505)
WIFE/PART. CAN NOT GET PREGNANT/IS STERILIZED 3 (GO TO 505)
UNDECIDED/DOESN'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 505)
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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