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 1 for wanting no more children v3 onwards (prorea1)
Data file: css_abs1
Overview
Valid:
14892
Invalid:
9388
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
154
End:
155
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 | 4485 |
30.1%
|
| 2 | Woman's health | 3891 |
26.1%
|
| 3 | Children's health | 760 |
5.1%
|
| 4 | HIV positive/unsure HIV status | 471 |
3.2%
|
| 5 | Own education | 2018 |
13.6%
|
| 6 | Children's education | 86 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Child Spacing | 2177 |
14.6%
|
| 8 | Husband away | 158 |
1.1%
|
| 9 | Marital stability/instability | 526 |
3.5%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 320 |
2.1%
|
| 99 | Missing | 581 | |
| Sysmiss | 8807 |
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.