Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round
Nigeria, 2008
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Fertility preference (V602)
Data file: Woman
Overview
Valid:
33179
Invalid:
1417
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
653
End:
653
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 6
Format:
Numeric
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Have another | 22762 |
68.6%
|
| 2 | Undecided | 4142 |
12.5%
|
| 3 | No more | 5116 |
15.4%
|
| 4 | Sterilized | 98 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Declared infecund | 1061 |
3.2%
|
| 6 | Never had sex | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Missing | 206 | |
| Sysmiss | 1211 |
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
Derivation
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.