Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset
Angola, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
AGO_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Angola], Ministério da Saúde (MINSA) [Angola], Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) [Angola] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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May 01, 2020
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Ideal number of children (W_IDEALKID)
Data file: AGO2015-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
655
End:
656
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
813) CHECK 216:
HAS LIVING CHILDREN: If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be? PROBE FOR A NUMERIC RESPONSE
NONE 00 (GO TO 815)
NUMBER____
NO LIVING CHILDREN: If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be? PROBE FOR A NUMERIC RESPONSE
NONE 00 (GO TO 815)
NUMBER____
HAS LIVING CHILDREN: If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be? PROBE FOR A NUMERIC RESPONSE
NONE 00 (GO TO 815)
NUMBER____
NO LIVING CHILDREN: If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be? PROBE FOR A NUMERIC RESPONSE
NONE 00 (GO TO 815)
NUMBER____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 98 | Missing |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 66 | Number she has currently |
| 65 | Depends on husband |
| 64 | As many as possible |
| 63 | Never thought about it |
| 62 | Any number/Fatalistic |
| 61 | Up to God/As Allah wills |
| 60 | Non-numeric response |
| 50 | 50 |
| 49 | 49 |
| 48 | 48 |
| 47 | 47 |
| 46 | 46 |
| 45 | 45 |
| 44 | 44 |
| 43 | 43 |
| 42 | 42 |
| 41 | 41 |
| 40 | 40 |
| 39 | 39 |
| 38 | 38 |
| 37 | 37 |
| 36 | 36 |
| 35 | 35 |
| 34 | 34 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 01 | 1 |
| 00 | 0 |
| 33 | 33 |
| 32 | 32 |
| 31 | 31 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 67 | As many as can care for |
| 68 | Doesn't want children |
| 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
IDEALKID (V613) reports the ideal total number of children the woman would have liked to have in her whole life, regardless of her actual childbearing. The information is collected through hypothetical questions such as, "If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?" (for women with living children) or "If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?" (for women without living children).
If the woman responded with a range of values, IDEALKID reports the midpoint between those values. According to the DHS Recode Manuals, "If the midpoint is not an exact number then the number is rounded up in half the cases and rounded down for the other half." The questionnaires included space for non-numeric "other" responses, such as "Up to God."
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
If the woman responded with a range of values, IDEALKID reports the midpoint between those values. According to the DHS Recode Manuals, "If the midpoint is not an exact number then the number is rounded up in half the cases and rounded down for the other half." The questionnaires included space for non-numeric "other" responses, such as "Up to God."
When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |