ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011

Malawi

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1

Producer(s)

Dr Neil French (Director)

Collections

Karonga HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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How long would you like to wait v3 onwards (waitano)

Data file: css_abs2spouses

Overview

Valid: 3893

Invalid: 9476

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 89

End: 89

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

IF YES to [anymo]: Do you want to have any (more) children any time in the future? , how long would you like to wait before having another ?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Within this year	1127	28.9%
2	1-2 yrs	592	15.2%
3	2 -3 yrs	1118	28.7%
4	3+ yrs	867	22.3%
8	Unsure/Unknown	189	4.9%
9	Missing	16
Sysmiss		9460

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.

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