Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0

Producer(s)

National Population Commission (NPC)

Metadata

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Oct 18, 2010

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Current pregnancy wanted (V225)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 3354

Invalid: 31242

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 233

End: 233

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

At the time you became pregnant, did you want to become pregnant then, did you want to wait until later, or did you not want to have any (more) children at all?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Then	2920	87.1%
2	Later	302	9%
3	Not at all	132	3.9%
9	Missing	193
Sysmiss		31049

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

Currently pregnant women (V213=1)

Source of information

Respondent

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round