Demographic and Health Survey 2016

South Africa, 2016

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ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Fertility preference (v602)

Data file: REC61

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 34

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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All women.

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Notes

The “Fertility preferences” come primarily from a single question in the DHS V and DHS VII questionnaires. Women who respond 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. These women can be identified in variable V616, where the original response to the question asking how long they would like to wait before having another child is recorded. In some countries, women who had never had sexual intercourse were not asked the questions relating to desire for future children, and are coded 6 on V602.

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