ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011
Malawi
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1
Producer(s)
Dr Neil French (Director)
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Reason 2 for wanting no more children v3 onwards (prorea2)
Data file: css_abs1
Overview
Valid:
3314
Invalid:
20966
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
156
End:
157
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
2 options allowed
Literal question
What are the reasons for wanting no more children/unsure OR wanting to wait?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial reasons | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | Woman's health | 873 |
26.3%
|
| 3 | Children's health | 803 |
24.2%
|
| 4 | HIV positive/unsure HIV status | 202 |
6.1%
|
| 5 | Own education | 113 |
3.4%
|
| 6 | Children's education | 80 |
2.4%
|
| 7 | Child Spacing | 880 |
26.6%
|
| 8 | Husband away | 78 |
2.4%
|
| 9 | Marital stability/instability | 266 |
8%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 17 |
0.5%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 | |
| Sysmiss | 20966 |
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.