Percentage of women age 15-49 with specified number of children ever born.
Coverage:
Population base: All women age 15-49; Currently married women age 15-49, including women formally married or living in a consensual union (v502 = 1) (IR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerator: Number of women age 15-49 who in their lives have given birth to the specified number of children (v201)
Denominator:
a) Number of women age 15-49
b) Number of currently married women (v502 = 1) age 15-49
Variables: IR file.
|
v201 |
Number of children ever born |
|
v502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union |
|
v005 |
Woman’s individual sample weight |
|
awfactt |
All women factor (only needed with ever-married samples) |
For each specified number of children, numerator divided by the denominator multiplied by 100. In ever-married samples, the denominator is adjusted by the all women factor.
Not applicable—Number of children and marital status are not allowed to have missing values.
Percentages add up to 100 percent.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 5.4
API Indicator IDs:
FE_CEBA_W_CH0, FE_CEBA_W_CH1, FE_CEBA_W_CH2, FE_CEBA_W_CH3, FE_CEBA_W_CH4, FE_CEBA_W_CH5, FE_CEBA_W_CH6, FE_CEBA_W_CH7, FE_CEBA_W_CH8, FE_CEBA_W_CH9, FE_CEBA_W_C10
Mean number of all children, both surviving and dead, and living children to all women in the sample.
Coverage:
Population base: All women age 15-49 or currently married women age 15-49 (v502 = 1) (IR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerators:
1) Mean number of children ever born: Sum of number of children surviving and dead at the time of the survey who were given birth by women in the sample (v201)
2) Mean number of living children: Sum of number of children alive at the time of the survey who were given birth by women in the sample (v218)
Denominator:
a) Number of women age 15-49
b) Number of currently married women (v502 = 1) age 15-49
Variables: IR file.
|
v201 |
Number of children ever born |
|
v218 |
Number of living children |
|
v502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union |
|
v005 |
Woman’s individual sample weight |
|
awfactt |
All women factor (only needed with ever-married samples) |
Numerator divided by denominator. In ever-married samples, the denominator is adjusted by the all women factor.
Not applicable—Number of children and marital status of women and children’s survival status are not allowed to have missing values.
Expressed to two decimal places. The mean number of children ever born and mean number of living children can be used to understand fertility change over time.
The mean number of children ever born and mean number of living children by age group can also be used as inputs for indirect estimation of infant and under five mortality rates. The DHS Program produces direct estimates of infant and under five mortality rates (see Early Childhood Mortality Rates) rather than indirect estimates but presents these indicators to facilitate other data users’ analyses.
Bongaarts, J. and Casterline, J. 2013. “Fertility transition: is sub‐Saharan Africa different?.” Population and development review, 38:153-168. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00557.x
Garenne, M.M. 2008. Fertility Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa. DHS Comparative Reports No. 18. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Macro International Inc. https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-cr18-comparative-reports.cfm
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 5.4
API Indicator IDs:
FE_CEBA_W_MNC, FE_CEBA_W_MNL