Variable CM13 : Wanted last child
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Format: numeric Width: 1 Decimal(s): 0 Range: 1-9 |
Valid case(s): 488 (20.3)
Invalid: 7407 (7898.4) Minimum: 1 Maximum: 9 |
File: wm
Universe
Women aged 15-49
Source of information
The eligible woman selected for interview
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Then | 392 | 16 | 80.1% |
2 | Later | 37 | 2 | 7.4% |
3 | No more | 45 | 2 | 9.5% |
9 | Missing | 14 | 1 | 3.1% |
Sysmiss | 7407 | 7898 |
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.
Literal question
At the time you became pregnant with (name), did you want to become pregnant then, did you want to wait until later, or did you want no (more) children at all?
Interviewer instructions
Ask this question to women who have had a live birth during the last 2 years. The question is asked to find out whether the pregnancy for this child was wanted at the time, whether the woman actually wanted to have the child later than she did, or whether she did not want the pregnancy and the subsequent birth at all. Circle the appropriate code and continue with the next module.