Palestinian Family Health Survey 2006

West Bank and Gaza, 2006 - 2007

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PSE-PCBS-MICS-2006-V1.0

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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Multi-Indicators (MICS) - Health

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reporduction desire (w725)

Data file: ever married women aged 15-54 yrs

Overview

Valid: 5150

Valid (weighted): 5121.737

Invalid: 5500

Invalid (weighted): 5436.172

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V962

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Refer to W708
if the answer is Any other method or not using

Literal question

Refer to W242 if the woman is Not pregnant / not sure
Now I have some questions about the future. Do you desire to have (another) child or prefer not to have (more) children?
or
if the woman is Currently pregnant
Now I have some questions about the future. After you will deliver this baby, do you desire to have another child or prefer to stop having children?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	get another child	2184	2224	21.1%
2	stopp	2053	2007	19%
3	inable to be pregnant	368	345	3.3%
4	when God want	480	482	4.6%
8	dk	65	64	0.6%
Sysmiss		5500	5436

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.

Question post text

if the answer is 2-4 or 8
Have you ever talked with your husband about the number of children that you desire to have in your life?

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