Palestinian Family Health Survey 2006

West Bank and Gaza, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

PSE-PCBS-MICS-2006-V1.0

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Multi-Indicators (MICS) - Health

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Feb 10, 2022

Last modified

May 25, 2023

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spacing period (w732)

Data file: ever married women aged 15-54 yrs

Overview

Valid: 5537

Valid (weighted): 5490.075

Invalid: 5113

Invalid (weighted): 5067.834

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V962

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Refer to W208: Does she have living children?
if the answer yes
Imagine that you are back in time to the time when you did not have any children yet and you could chose the number of children that you desire to have, what would that number be?
or if the answer no
If you can chose the exact number of children that you wish to have throughout your life, what would the number of those children be?
if the answer is other

Literal question

In your opinion, what is the optimal interval between the delivery of a child and the delivery of the next one?

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	months	5	5	0%
2	years	5515	5470	51.8%
9	other	17	16	0.1%
Sysmiss		5113	5068