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PREFTIMECH
How long would like to wait until next child
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Description

PREFTIMECH, together with PREFTIMECHVAL, reports the amount of time a woman would like to wait before the birth of a/another child. PREFTIMECH was constructed by combining PREFTIMECHPREG and PREFTIMECHNPREG.

Note that this variable reports only a specific unit of time i.e., months or years, not the actual duration of the interval. The specific number of months or years is reported in PREFTIMECHVAL. Users must use both PREFTIMECH and PREFTIMECHVAL to determine the exact amount of time the woman would like to wait before the birth of a child.

The question associated with this variable was included in the female questionnaire.

Comparability

Apart from slight universe differences, there are no comparability issues.

Comparability with IPUMS-DHS

PREFTIMECH, together with PREFTIMECHVAL, can be used to create a variable similar to PREFTIMECH in IPUMS-DHS. There may be differences in questionnaire text or the variable's universe; see the Survey Text and Universe Tab of the IPUMS-DHS variable for more information.

Universe

  • Burkina Faso 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Burkina Faso 2015 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Burkina Faso 2016 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Burkina Faso 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Burkina Faso 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Burkina Faso 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Burkina Faso 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Burkina Faso 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2013 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2019 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2019 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Cote D'Ivoire 2017 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Cote D'Ivoire 2018 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Cote D'Ivoire 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ethiopia 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ethiopia 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ethiopia 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ethiopia 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ethiopia 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ethiopia 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ethiopia 2019 PMAET Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ghana 2013 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ghana 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ghana 2014 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ghana 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ghana 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Ghana 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • India 2016 (Rajasthan) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • India 2018 (Rajasthan) Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • India 2020 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Indonesia 2015 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Indonesia 2016 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2019 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Kenya 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Niger 2015 (Niamey) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Niger 2016 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Niger 2016 (Niamey) Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Niger 2017 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Niger 2018 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Niger 2020 Phase 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2014 (Kaduna) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2014 (Lagos) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2015 (Kaduna) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2015 (Lagos) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2016 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2017 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2017 (Oyo) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2018 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2019 (Kano) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria 2019 (Lagos) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria (Kano) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Nigeria (Lagos) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Uganda 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Uganda 2015 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Uganda 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Uganda 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Uganda 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Uganda 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Uganda 2019 Female and Household (R6 Follow up): Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.
  • Uganda 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who would like to have a/another child.

Availability

  • Burkina Faso: 2014-2018, 2020-2021
  • Congo (Democratic Republic): 2013-2020
  • Cote d'Ivoire: 2017-2018, 2020
  • Ethiopia: 2014-2019
  • Ghana: 2013-2017
  • India: 2016-2018, 2020
  • Indonesia: 2015-2016
  • Kenya: 2014-2020
  • Niger: 2015-2018, 2020
  • Nigeria: 2014-2020
  • Uganda: 2014-2020