Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018

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Reference ID

PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Man's preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (grouped) (M_PREFTIMECHGPMN)

Data file: PAK2017-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 489

End: 490

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

506) After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child?

MONTHS 1 ________ (GO TO 514)
YEARS 2 ________ (GO TO 514)
SOON/NOW 993 (GO TO 514)
OTHER (SPECIFY) 996 _______(GO TO 514)
DON'T KNOW 998 (GO TO 514)

Value	Category
00	Less than 1 year
01	1 year
02	2 years
03	3 years
04	4 years
05	5 years
06	6+ years
96	Non-numeric
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For men who want to have a/another child, PREFTIMECHGPMN (MV604) reports the amount of time, in years, they would like to wait before the birth of a/another child, top-coded at 6+ years.

The related variable PREFTIMECHMN (MV603) presents the same information in more detail, in terms of months or years, top-coded at 20 years.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General family planning Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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