Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999

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Reference ID

NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Wife's desire for children (M_WIFEFERTPREFMN)

Data file: NGA1999-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 417

End: 417

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

523. Do you think your wife/the woman you live with 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
DOES NOT 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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