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_abs2spouses
Overview
Valid:
1316
Invalid:
12053
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
92
End:
93
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 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Woman's health | 339 |
25.8%
|
| 3 | Children's health | 342 |
26%
|
| 4 | HIV positive/unsure HIV status | 46 |
3.5%
|
| 5 | Own education | 8 |
0.6%
|
| 6 | Children's education | 51 |
3.9%
|
| 7 | Child Spacing | 455 |
34.6%
|
| 8 | Husband away | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Marital stability/instability | 68 |
5.2%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 3 |
0.2%
|
| 99 | Missing | 2 | |
| Sysmiss | 12051 |
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.