Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009

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Reference ID

WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1

Producer(s)

Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health

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Husbands desire for children (V621)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 681

End: 681

Width: 1

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Both want same
2	Husband wants more
3	Husband wants fewer
8	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

Whether the respondent believes her partner wants the same number of children, more children or fewer children than she wants herself.

Universe

Currently married or in-union women and neither partner is sterilized (V502 = 1 & V312 <> 6 & V312 <> 7)

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