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

no of kids when tried to delay or avoid getting pregnant (wom_q305D)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN+MEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4233

invd 2370

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many living children did you have at that time, if any?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	none	671	15.9%
1		1154	27.3%
2		452	10.7%
3		158	3.7%
4		67	1.6%
5		22	0.5%
6		15	0.4%
7		6	0.1%
8		1	0%
10		5	0.1%
13		1	0%
98	don't know	1	0%
99	not applicable	1677	39.6%
9999995	missing:impute	3	0.1%
Sysmiss		2370

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

Now I would like to ask you about the first time that you did something or used a method to avoid getting pregnant

Question post text

IF NONE, RECORD '00'.

Interviewer instructions

This question refers to the number of living children the respondent already had the first time she used a method to avoid getting pregnant. If she has never given birth to a child or if she started to use family planning before she had any children, record '00'.

Description

Text

Number of children woman had when first tried doing something to delay or avoid a pregnancy

Universe

All women aged 12-49 years who have ever used any method according to wom_man_q302