Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS8): Current Pregnancy Intentions
Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Current Pregnancy Intentions
The Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Current Pregnancy Intention uses 2 items from the Women's Questionnaire to assess intentionality of the current pregnancy and desire to delay or avoid the current pregnancy. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original questionnaire located here.
Short Measure
Multi-Country
ITEMS:
Items asked of women who are currently pregnant
1. When you got pregnant, did you want to get pregnant at that time?
Response Options:
Yes
No
2. If one or more previous live births: a) Did you want to have a baby later on, or did you not want any more children?
If no previous live births: b) Did you want to have a baby later on, or did you not want any children?
Response Options:
Later
No more/None
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
Angola
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cote d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
Rwanda
Senegal
The Gambia
Zimbabwe
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Adults
Scoring Procedures:
Not Applicable
PRIMARY CITATION:
Demographic and Health Surveys (2019). Demographic and Health Surveys: Women's Questionnaire. https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-DHSQ8-DHS-Questionnaires-and-Manuals.cfm
Pyschometric Score:
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-retest
Interrater
Content
Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
Psychometric Scoring
Total Score: 0.00/10 Points (NO DATA)
Citation Frequency
KEY
FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
