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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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Reference ID
LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Number living children at first use of FP (grouped) (C_FP1STUSGPKID)

Data file: LSO2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 613
End: 613
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
306 Now I would like to ask you about the first time that you did something or used a method to avoid getting pregnant. How many living children did you have at that time, if any?
IF NONE, RECORD '00'.

NUMBER OF CHILDREN __________
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4+
7 Inconsistent number reported
8 Missing
9 Never used FP
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
FP1STUSGPKID (V311) reports the number of living children, if any, the woman had when she first used a contraceptive method, with the number top-coded at 4+ children. FP1STUSLVKID reports responses to the same question, without top-coding the answers.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
First use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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