ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011
Malawi
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1
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Dr Neil French (Director)
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Reason 1 for wanting no more children OR wanting to wait v3 onwards (reaswan1)
Data file: css_abs2spouses
Overview
Valid:
732
Invalid:
12637
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
77
End:
78
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What are the reasons for wanting no more children OR wanting to wait?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial reasons | 239 |
32.7%
|
| 2 | Woman's health | 111 |
15.2%
|
| 3 | Children's health | 63 |
8.6%
|
| 4 | HIV positive/unsure HIV status | 15 |
2%
|
| 5 | Own education | 51 |
7%
|
| 6 | Children's education | 5 |
0.7%
|
| 7 | Child Spacing | 221 |
30.2%
|
| 8 | Husband away | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Marital stability/instability | 21 |
2.9%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 5 |
0.7%
|
| 99 | Missing | 7 | |
| Sysmiss | 12630 |
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.