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Demographic and Health Survey 2000

Rwanda, 2000
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RWA-NISR-DHS-2000-v1.0
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National Institute of Statistic of Rwanda
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Demography and Health Statistics
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Aug 02, 2012
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Aug 02, 2012
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Ideal number of children (V613)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 10417
Valid (weighted): 10415.411
Invalid: 205
Invalid (weighted): 5.59
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 577
End: 578
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 98
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1916

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(HAS LIVING CHILDREN) If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be? (NO LIVING CHILDREN) If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 10 10
0.1%
1 70 73
0.7%
2 710 641
6.2%
3 975 893
8.6%
4 3571 3427
32.9%
5 1961 2076
19.9%
6 1563 1627
15.6%
7 296 322
3.1%
8 476 509
4.9%
9 81 90
0.9%
10 295 330
3.2%
11 9 11
0.1%
12 63 68
0.7%
13 3 3
0%
14 4 4
0%
15 8 8
0.1%
20 6 5
0%
96 Non-numeric response 316 319
3.1%
98 DK 0 0
0%
99 4 6
Sysmiss 201 0
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.
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All eligible women
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