Percent of currently married women who were ever pressured by their husbands/partners or any other family member to become pregnant when they did not want to.
Coverage:
Population base: Currently married women (IR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerator: Number of currently married women age 15-49 who report being forced or pressured to become pregnant when they did not want to (v636 = 1)
Denominator: Total number of currently married women age 15-49 (v502 = 1)
Variables: IR file.
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v502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union |
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v636 |
Husband or family member pressured respondent to become pregnant |
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v005 |
Woman’s individual sample weight |
Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.
Women with missing values on whether they were pressured or forced to become pregnant are excluded from the numerators but included in the denominators.
Percentages add up to 100 percent.
This is a new question in DHS-8 and was not reported in prior surveys.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 7.18
API Indicator IDs:
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