Nairobi Cross-sectional Slum Survey (NCSS), 2000 - 1st survey

KENYA, 2000
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

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ideal number of children (wom_q611)

Data file: NCSS 2000 YOUNG WOMEN+MEN (12-24) CHARACTERISTICS

Overview

vald 1931

invd 1686

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 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
0	none	34	1.8%
1		101	5.2%
2		697	36.1%
3		530	27.4%
4		422	21.9%
5		91	4.7%
6		31	1.6%
7		3	0.2%
8		3	0.2%
9		1	0.1%
10		1	0.1%
12		2	0.1%
13		1	0.1%
14		1	0.1%
15		2	0.1%
16		1	0.1%
23		1	0.1%
96	other	9	0.5%
98	don't know	0	0%
99	not applicable	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	0	0%
Sysmiss		1686

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.

Description

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Woman's ideal number of children

Universe

All individuals (males aged 12-54 years & females aged 12-49 years)