Demographic and Health Survey, 2003
Fourth Round
Nigeria, 2003
Reference ID
NGA-NPC-DHS-2003-v1.0
Producer(s)
National Population Commission (NPC)
Metadata
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Oct 18, 2010
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Husbands desire for children (V621)
Data file: Woman
Overview
Valid:
5138
Invalid:
2847
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
592
End:
592
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Does your husband/partner want the same number of children that you want, or does he want more or fewer than you want?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both want same | 1832 |
35.7%
|
| 2 | Husband wants more | 1585 |
30.8%
|
| 3 | Husband wants fewer | 157 |
3.1%
|
| 8 | Dk | 1564 |
30.4%
|
| 9 | Missing | 19 | |
| Sysmiss | 2828 |
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
Women who are currently married/living with a man, and neither person is sterilized (V502=1 and V312<>6:7)
Source of information
Respondent