Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

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ideal number of children (wom_q713)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4186

invd 47

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

HAS LIVING CHILDREN: If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?

NO LIVING CHILDREN: If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1		167	4%
2		1438	34.4%
3		1125	26.9%
4		793	18.9%
5		129	3.1%
6		66	1.6%
7		14	0.3%
8		9	0.2%
9		1	0%
10		16	0.4%
12		1	0%
14		1	0%
15		1	0%
91	none	24	0.6%
92	other:undecided	24	0.6%
93	other:up to God/fatalistic	12	0.3%
94	other:up to husband	1	0%
96	other	8	0.2%
98	don't know	12	0.3%
99	not applicable	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	344	8.2%
Sysmiss		47

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.

Question pretext

CHECK 216:

Question post text

PROBE FOR A NUMBERIC RESPONSE

Interviewer instructions

Check Q. 216 to see whether the woman has any children who are alive. Select NO LIVING CHILDREN if she has no living children, or select HAS LIVING CHILDREN if she has at least one living child. Ask the question under the selected option.

If she already has living children, we ask her to imagine the time when she had no children and could choose exactly how many to have. We are not asking how many she would like to have by her current age (now), but rather, how many she would like over her entire life (including the future). If she tells you a number, record it in the boxes by NUMBER, then proceed with Q714. If she gives an answer that is not a number, for example, “It's up to God,” probe for a numeric response. If after probing, the woman will not state a number, write down her exact words in the

OTHER category, and skip to Q. 715.

Description

Text

Woman's ideal number of children

Universe

All women aged 12-49 years