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

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

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

age of man when first child was born (man_q209)

Data file: NCSS 2012 MEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 2341

invd 29

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 11 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How old were you when your (first) child was born?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11		1	0%
12		2	0.1%
13		1	0%
15		3	0.1%
16		6	0.3%
17		20	0.9%
18		41	1.8%
19		32	1.4%
20		68	2.9%
21		85	3.6%
22		89	3.8%
23		113	4.8%
24		156	6.7%
25		134	5.7%
26		120	5.1%
27		100	4.3%
28		91	3.9%
29		51	2.2%
30		47	2%
31		20	0.9%
32		23	1%
33		17	0.7%
34		11	0.5%
35		10	0.4%
36		6	0.3%
37		5	0.2%
38		2	0.1%
39		3	0.1%
40		2	0.1%
42		1	0%
48		1	0%
98	don't know	5	0.2%
99	not applicable	1013	43.3%
9999995	missing:impute	62	2.6%
Sysmiss		29

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

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

Q.209 asks the respondent to give his age when his first child was born. If he doesn't know, probe. You could ask how old he was when he got married or first started living with a woman, and then ask how long before or after getting married his first child was born.

Description

Text

Age of man when first child was born

Universe

All men aged 12-54 years who have ever fathered children according to man_q205