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Enquête Démographique et de Santé 1992

Rwanda, 1992
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RWA-NISR-DHS-1992-v01
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Office National de la Population
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Demography and Health Statistics
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Aug 01, 2012
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Aug 01, 2012
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Ideal number of children (V613)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 6524
Valid (weighted): 6520.246
Invalid: 423
Invalid (weighted): 30.754
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 420
End: 421
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 98
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V6598

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 15 14
0.2%
1 82 78
1.2%
2 808 724
11.1%
3 878 818
12.5%
4 2709 2724
41.8%
5 1027 1099
16.9%
6 569 598
9.2%
7 96 103
1.6%
8 115 126
1.9%
9 15 17
0.3%
10 101 111
1.7%
11 3 3
0.1%
12 11 10
0.2%
13 1 1
0%
15 1 1
0%
17 1 1
0%
20 20 + 5 5
0.1%
96 Non-numeric response 81 80
1.2%
98 DK 6 7
0.1%
99 27 31
Sysmiss 396 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.
Question post text
Record single number or other answer.

Description

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All eligible women
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