FSD4032 Fertility Preferences: Global Data 1936-2025

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[fsd_no] FSD study number

[fsd_vr] FSD edition number

[fsd_id] FSD case id

[collRound] Collection round

[Country] Country of data collection

[Region] Region of data collection (classified by researcher)

[Year] Year of data collection

[MeanPreferNumberofChildren] Mean of the preference on number of children among the respondents of the survey

[TypeofPreference] Type of preference asked in the survey

[KindofPreference] Kind of preference asked in the survey (for example ideal, desire, intention)

[NonNumericofRespondents] Non-numeric share of respondents. Where available, this refers to responses such as don't know, not sure, or up to God, rather than simple missing values. This generally includes refusals to answer.

[SampleSize] Number of respondents in the survey

[Sex] Gender of the respondents in the survey

[Age] Age group of the respondents in the survey

[Urban] Area of data collection (urban/rural)

[RegionorGroup] Region and the type of respondent group in the survey

[SurveyType] Type of the survey

[HasSampleSize] Has the sample size of the survey been recorded?

[CompleteDescription] Complete description of the data. Indicates that metadata on question wording, sample size, and survey type were available. For some older surveys, such information is not available.

[Source] Source survey

[UniqueSurveyLabel] Compilation of information on the survey: country, year of data collection, and survey name. Some surveys are recorded in separate entries based on respondents' age or sex.

[LinkReference] Reference and a link to the source survey data

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Study description in machine readable DDI-C 2.5 format

FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) by Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) are licensed under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) license.