Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round
Nigeria, 2008
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Final say on deciding how many children to have (Mv743g)
Data file: Mens
Overview
Valid:
15464
Invalid:
1258
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
331
End:
331
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
In a couple, who do you think should have the greater say in each of the following decisions: the husband, the wife or both equally:
deciding how many children to have?
deciding how many children to have?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Husband | 6926 |
44.8%
|
| 2 | Both equally | 7084 |
45.8%
|
| 3 | Respondent and other person | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Wife | 327 |
2.1%
|
| 5 | Someone else | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Decision not made/not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Dk/depends | 1127 |
7.3%
|
| 9 | Missing | 22 | |
| Sysmiss | 1236 |
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.