IDEALAGECH
(V617)
Desired age of youngest child at future birth
Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who want to have a (another) child, IDEALAGECH (V617) reports the ideal age of their youngest child at the time of a future birth.
Comparability
Apart from slight variation in question wording, IDEALAGECH (V617) is largely comparable across samples. Most commonly, the surveys asked pregnant women, "How old would you like the child you are expecting to be when your next child is born?" and asked non-pregnant women, "How old would you like your youngest child to be when your next child is born?"
Comparability - Standard DHS
IDEALAGECH (V617) is included in the standard DHS questionnaire for Phase II.
Universe
- Burkina Faso 1993: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Cameroon 1991: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Cote d'Ivoire 1994: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Egypt 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Ghana 1993: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- India 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Jordan 1990: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Kenya 1993: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Madagascar 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Malawi 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Morocco 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Namibia 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Niger 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Nigeria 1990: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Pakistan 1991: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Rwanda 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Senegal 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Tanzania 1991: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
- Zambia 1992: Currently-married women age 15-49 who want to have another child but are unsure about timing of future birth.
