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Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997
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BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Wife's desire for children (M_WIFEFERTPREFMN)

Data file: BGD1997-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 398
End: 398
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
523. Do you think your wife wants the same number of children that you want, or does she want more or fewer than you want?

SAME NUMBER 1
MORE CHILDREN 2
FEWER CHILDREN 3
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
1 Both want same
2 Wife wants more
3 Wife wants fewer
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 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
WIFEFERTPREFMN (MV621) reports whether the male respondent believes his partner wants the same number of children, more children, or fewer children than he wants.

concept

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