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Demographic Health Survey 2005

Rwanda, 2005
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Reference ID
RWA-NISR-DHS-2005-v01
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
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Demography and Health Statistics
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Aug 02, 2012
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Fertility preference (V602)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 11315
Valid (weighted): 11315.459
Invalid: 224
Invalid (weighted): 5.541
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 467
End: 467
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V13193

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(NOT PREGNANT OR UNSURE) Now I have some questions about the future. Would you like to have (a/another) child, or would you prefer not to have any (more) children? (PREGNANT) Now I have some questions about the future. After the child you are expecting now, would you like to have another child, or would you prefer not to have any more children?
Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Have another 6762 6823
60.3%
2 Undecided 320 313
2.8%
3 No more 3695 3708
32.8%
4 Sterilized 37 34
0.3%
5 Declared infecund 501 438
3.9%
6 Never had sex 0 0
0%
9 6 6
Sysmiss 218 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.

Description

Universe
All eligible women
Source of information
Respondent

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Based on this question, but final response adjusted by responses to other questions (such as whether or not the respondent is sterilized, or whether she says she can't get pregnant anymore).

Others

Notes
Women who are sterilized or whose husband/partner is sterilized are coded to 4. Women who say they can't get pregnant are coded to 5. Women who have never had sex are coded to 6.
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