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Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009
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WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1
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Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health
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Fertility preference (V602)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 669
End: 669
Width: 1
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Have another
2 Undecided
3 No more
4 Sterilized (respondent or partner)
5 Declared infecund
6 Never had sex
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

Definition
Fertility preferences. This variable comes primarily from a single question in the DHS III and MEASURE DHS questionnaires. This is the same question used in the DHS I Model B questionnaire, and the DHS II and DHSIII Model "A" and "B" questionnaires. However, for DHS I Model "A" questionnaires, this variable was constructed from a series of questions. Women who respond that they want another child, but when asked when they would like the next child, respond that they cannot get pregnant, are classified in the declared infecund category, and not in the "Wants another" category. These women can be identified in variable V616, where the original response to the question asking how long they would like to wait before having another child is recorded. In some countries, women who had never had sexual intercourse were not asked the questions relating to desire for future children, and are coded 6 on V602.
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All women
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