National Demographic and Health Survey 2003
Philippines, 2003
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PHL-NSO-NDHS-2003-v01
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National Statistics Office
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Ideal number of children (LQ614)
Data File: INDIVIDUAL
Overview
vald
1949
invd
14298
min
0
max
98
Interval
contin
Decimal
0
range
0 - 98
Questions and instructions
If she HAS LIVING CHILDREN:
If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
If she has NO LIVING CHILDREN:
If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
If she has NO LIVING CHILDREN:
If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
96 | 3 | 100% |
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.
PROBE FOR A NUMERIC RESPONSE.
Check Q.221 to see if the woman has any child who is alive. Mark the box on the right if she has no living children or mark the box on the left if she has at least one living child. Ask the question under the marked box. If she already has living children, we ask her to imagine the time when she had no children and could choose exactly how many she would like to have. We are not asking how many she would like to have by her current age (now), but rather, how many she would like to have over her entire life (including the future).
If she tells you a number, record it in the boxes for the NUMBER, then proceed to Q.615. If she gives an answer, which is not a number, for example, "It's up to God," probe her for a numeric response. If after probing, the woman refrains from quantifying her response, write down her exact words in the “OTHER” category, and skip to Q.616.
Check Q.221 to see if the woman has any child who is alive. Mark the box on the right if she has no living children or mark the box on the left if she has at least one living child. Ask the question under the marked box. If she already has living children, we ask her to imagine the time when she had no children and could choose exactly how many she would like to have. We are not asking how many she would like to have by her current age (now), but rather, how many she would like to have over her entire life (including the future).
If she tells you a number, record it in the boxes for the NUMBER, then proceed to Q.615. If she gives an answer, which is not a number, for example, "It's up to God," probe her for a numeric response. If after probing, the woman refrains from quantifying her response, write down her exact words in the “OTHER” category, and skip to Q.616.
Description
Ideal number of children - the number of children she would like to have over her entire life (including the future)
All women 15 to 49 years old who were identified in the Household Questionnaire of all sample households