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Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2012 - 2013
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PAK_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Time wanted pregnancy (last birth) (W_CHDESIRE_01)

Data file: PAK2012-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2300
End: 2300
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
405) When you got pregnant with (NAME), did you want to get pregnant at the time?

YES 1 (FOR MOST RECENT PREGNANCY, GO TO 408; FOR ALL OTHER PREGNANCIES, GO TO 424)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
1 Then
2 Later
3 No more
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
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, CHDESIRE_01 (M10_1) indicates whether the last-born child was wanted at the time of pregnancy, was wanted but later, or was not wanted at all.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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