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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Karonga HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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How many children would you have liked v3 onwards (totchi)

Data file: css_abs1

Overview

Valid: 12216

Invalid: 12064

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 140

End: 141

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

If you (if Q20[totalchi]>0) could go back to the time you did not have any children and choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?

Categories

Value	Category
98	Unknown
99	Missing

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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