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Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14 - IPUMS Subset

Central African Republic, 2013 - 2014
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COD_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et Suivi de la Mise en œuvre de la Révolution de la Modernité (MPSMRM), Ministère de la Santé Publique (MSP) [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Man's preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (grouped) (M_PREFTIMECHGPMN)

Data file: COD2013-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 540
End: 541
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
507) CHECK 503:
WIFE/PARTNER NOT PREGNANT OR DON'T KNOW: How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?

WIFE/PARTNER PREGNANT: After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you wait before the birth of another child?

MONTHS 1 ____ (GO TO 509)
YEARS 2 ____ (GO TO 509)
SOON/NOW 993 (GO TO 509)
COUPLE INFECUND 994 (GO TO 509)
OTHER (SPECIFY) 996 (GO TO 509)
DON'T KNOW 998 (GO TO 509)
Categories
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)
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
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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