Demographic and Health Survey 2016

South Africa, 2016

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Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Fertility preference (mv602)

Data file: MREC61

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 44

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

All men.

Others

Notes

Fertility preferences. This variable comes from a single question but recoded later depending on the men’s status. Sterilized men are recoded 4, men whom the partner can’t get pregnant are recoded 5, men who never had sex are recoded 6, and men who are not in union are recoded 8.

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