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

ideal number of girls (wom_q714_girls)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4185

invd 48

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many of these children would you like to be boys, how many would you like to be girls and for how many would the sex not matter?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		1171	28%
1		1499	35.8%
2		922	22%
3		115	2.7%
4		23	0.5%
5		12	0.3%
6		1	0%
7		2	0%
96	other	0	0%
99	not applicable	81	1.9%
9999995	missing:impute	359	8.6%
Sysmiss		48

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

This question is asked of all women who gave a numerical response to Q713. Record the number of boys and girls preferred by the woman in the boxes provided under BOYS and GIRLS, respectively. If the woman says she does not mind what sex the child is, write the number of such children in the boxes under EITHER. If she gives some other answer, select OTHER and record her exact words in the space provided.

Example: If in Q713, a respondent says she would like to have six children, and in Q714 she would like to have two boys, two girls, and two more of either sex, you would record '02,' '02,' '02.' If a respondent would like to have two children ('02' in Q. 713) and she wants two boys,

you would record '02,' '00,' '00' in Q714.

If she would like to have three children and at least one of them should be a boy, record

'01,' '00,' '02,' since she would be satisfied with either sex for the other two children. If she would like to have two children and does not mind what sex they are, you shall record '00', '00', '02'. Finally, note that, if the woman gives a numeric response to this question, the sum of the numbers you record in the three sets of boxes must equal the total number in Q713. You must probe further if the numbers do not match.

Description

Text

Woman's ideal number of female children

Universe

All women aged 12-49 years who give a numeric response to their ideal number of children according to wom_q713