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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desired period of waiting before another child-unit (wom_q703_unit)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4188

invd 45

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

NOT PREGNANT OR UNSURE: How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child?

PREGNANT: After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	months	22	0.5%
2	years	1387	33.1%
991	after getting a job	1	0%
992	soon/now	261	6.2%
993	can't get pregnant	5	0.1%
994	after marriage	464	11.1%
996	other	2	0%
998	don't know	148	3.5%
999	not applicable	1554	37.1%
9999995	missing:impute	344	8.2%
Sysmiss		45

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 226:

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

Q703 is to be asked of all women who say that they want to have another child. Follow the same procedure as in Q. 702 for choosing the appropriate version of the question to ask. Note that the answer can be given in months or years. Select 'MONTHS' if the response is in months or 'YEARS' if in years, and record the answer in the appropriate boxes. If she says she would like to have a baby right away, select SOON/NOW. If the woman says she cannot get pregnant, select 'SAYS SHE CAN'T GET PREGNANT.' If the woman tells you she would like to wait until after she is married to have a child, select AFTER MARRIAGE. If the woman gives a different answer, select 'OTHER' and write her response.

Description

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Desired period of waiting before another child-unit

Universe

All women aged 12-49 years who are not using female/male sterilization according to wom_q309 and who would like to have a/another child according to wom_q702