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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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Time for future birth (V616)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 678
End: 680
Width: 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
100 Wanted now
101 Months: 1
199 Months: number missing
201 Years: 1
299 Years: number missing
993 After marriage
994 Soon/now
995 Can't get pregnant
996 Other
998 Don't know
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
This variable records the original response to the question "How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of another child?" The first digit gives the units in which the respondent answered (1 indicates months, 2 indicates years, and 9 indicates a special response), while the last two digits give the time in those units. If the units value is 9 then the variable contains a special response, and if the duration value is greater than 90 this also indicates a special response. For example, code 994 is used for the responses "Soon/Now", and code 299 would mean that the response was given in years but the actual duration was missing on the questionnaire.
Universe
All women who want another child (V602 = 1), plus those originally responding that they want another child, but then say they cannot get pregnant (see also V602)
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