Bangladesh Fertility Survey {epicalc}R Documentation

Dataset from 1988 Bangladesh Fertility Survey

Description

The file consists of a subsample of 1934 women grouped in 60 districts.

Usage

data(Bang)

Format

A data frame with 1934 observations on the following 7 variables.

woman
identifying code of each woman
district
identifying code for each district
user
1 = using contraceptive 0 = not using
living.children
Number of living children at time of survey

1 = none
2 = 1
3 = 2
4 = 3 or more

age_mean
age of woman in years, centred around the mean
urban
Type of region of residence: 1 = urban, 0 = rural
constant
constant term = 1

Source

Huq, N. M., and Cleland, J. 1990. Bangladesh Fertility Survey 1989 (Main Report). Dhaka: National Institute of Population Research and Training


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