Contraceptive Prevalence Survey Sri Lanka- 1982
Sri Lanka, 1982
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPSS-1982-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
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Q218.Best number of children (BST_NO_CHLDN_Q218)
Data file: REC11
Overview
Valid:
4500
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
98
Mean:
3.688
Standard deviation:
8.743
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
43
End:
44
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Q218 If a couple starts their family now, how many children do you feel is best for them to have ?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 46 |
1%
|
| 2 | 2 | 1718 |
38.2%
|
| 3 | 3 | 1738 |
38.6%
|
| 4 | 4 | 727 |
16.2%
|
| 5 | 5 | 181 |
4%
|
| 6 | 6 | 28 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | 7 | 10 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | 8 | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | 9 | 1 |
0%
|
| 10 | 10 | 2 |
0%
|
| 11 | 11 | 2 |
0%
|
| 12 | 12 | 1 |
0%
|
| 15 | 15 | 1 |
0%
|
| 97 | As many as possible | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 98 | Not sure | 31 |
0.7%
|
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.