Variable cm13 : Did you want this pregnant

Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimal(s): 0
Range: 1-3
Invalid: 9
Valid case(s): 3946 (3945.7)
Invalid: 21617 (21080.3)
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 3

File: wm

Universe
Women aged 15-49
Source of information
The eligible woman selected for interview

Categories

Value Category Cases weighted
1 YES IN HTAT TIME 3112 3112 78.9%
2 NO OTHER TIME 479 479 12.1%
3 NO ABSLYTLY 355 355 9.0%
9 11 11
Sysmiss 21606 21069

Literal question
At the time you became pregnant with (name), did you want to become pregnant then, did you want to wait until later, or did you want no (more) children at all?
Interviewer instructions
Ask this question to women who have had a live birth during the last 2 years. The question is asked to find out whether the pregnancy for this child was wanted at the time, whether the woman actually wanted to have the child later than she did, or whether she did not want the pregnancy and the subsequent birth at all. Circle the appropriate code and continue with the next module.
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Generated: OCT-27-2008 using the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit