Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS8): Future Fertility Preferences
Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Future Fertility Preferences
The Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Future Fertility Preferences includes 4 items from the Women's Questionnaire capturing number of children desired (by woman and by her husband/partner) and preferred length of time between births. 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:
1. Now I have some questions about the future. Would you like to have (a/another) child, or would you prefer not to have any (more) children?
Response Options:
Have (a/another) child
No more/none
Says she can’t get pregnant
Undecided/don’t know
2. How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child? OR
After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child?
Response Options:
2-digit numeric ( ____ Months)
2-digit numeric ( ____ Years)
Soon/now
Says she can’t get pregnant
After marriage
Other (Additionally, specify in text)
Don’t know
3. 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? OR
If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be?
Response Options:
2-digit numeric (_ __)
Other (Additionally, specify in text)
4. Does your (husband/partner) want the same number of children that you want, or does he want more or fewer than you want?
Response Options:
Same number
More children
Fewer children
Don’t know
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)
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FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
