Percentage of currently married women and men according to their desire for children:
1) Wants to have a/another child soon
2) Wants to have a/another child later
3) Wants to have a/another child, but undecided when
4) Undecided whether wants a/another child
5) Wants no more children
6) Sterilized
7) Declared infecund
Coverage:
Population base: Currently married women, currently married men (IR file, MR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerators:
Number of currently married or in union women (v502 = 1) or men (mv502 = 1) who:
1) Want to have a/another child soon, defined as within two years (women: v605 = 1; men: mv605 = 1)
2) Want to have a/another child later, defined as after two or more years (women: v605 = 2; men: mv605 = 2)
3) Want to have a/another child, but undecided when (women: v605 = 3; men: mv605 = 3)
4) Are undecided whether want another child (women: v605 = 4; men (mv605 = 4)
5) Want no more children (women: v605 = 5; men: mv605 = 5)
6) Are sterilized: woman or partner (women: v605 = 6; men: mv605 = 6)
7) Declared they are infecund or cannot become pregnant (women: v605 = 7; men: mv605 = 7)
Denominator: All currently married or in union women (v502 = 1) or men (mv502 = 1)
Variables: IR file, MR file.
|
v605 |
Desire for more children (women) |
|
v502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union (women) |
|
v005 |
Woman’s individual sample weight |
|
mv605 |
Desire for more children (men) |
|
mv502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union (men) |
|
mv005 |
Man’s individual sample weight |
Numerators are divided by the denominator and multiplied by 100.
Missing information on whether a woman or man wants a/another child, or on the time to wait for a/another child for those who want a/another child, is excluded from the numerators, but included in the denominator. Missing data are usually presented in an eighth category to complete the percent distribution.
Percentages add up to 100 percent.
Desire for children is typically presented by number of living children as desire for children typically decreases with increasing numbers of living children. The number of living children also includes any current pregnancy in the count of living children.
Data may also be presented for all women or men rather than currently married women or men. In most surveys data are only available for women or men who have ever had sexual intercourse and women or men who have never had sexual intercourse (v525 = 0; mv525 = 0) are categorized separately as such. In some surveys, particularly ever married samples, the data on desire for more children are only collected for currently married or in union women or men.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 6.1
API Indicator IDs:
Women:
PR_DESC_W_ASN, PR_DESC_W_ALT, PR_DESC_W_AUN, PR_DESC_W_UND, PR_DESC_W_WNM, PR_DESC_W_STR, PR_DESC_W_INF
Men:
PR_DESC_M_ASN, PR_DESC_M_ALT, PR_DESC_M_AUN, PR_DESC_M_UND, PR_DESC_M_WNM, PR_DESC_M_STR, PR_DESC_M_INF