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Ideal number of children
Variable: chldidel
Module:
Core
Subject:
Children
Related Variables
adoption adoptkid eldersup agekdbrn kidtrble kidjoy kidnofre kidless kidfin kidempty adhdknow adhdknw adhdreal adhdcon adhdmed chldben chldhrt kidlived kidresp kidnow1 kidnow2 kdalive1 kdalive2 kdalive3 kdalive4 kdalive5 kdalive6 kdalive7 kdalive8 kdalive9 daycare1 daycare2 daycare3 daycare4 daycare5 manners success honest clean judgment control role amicable obeys responsi consider interest studious mannersy successy honesty cleany judgmeny controly roley amicably obeysy responsy considey interesy studiouy mannersz successz honestz cleanz judgmenz controlz rolez amicablz obeysz responsz considez interesz studiouz obey popular thnkself workhard helpoth chldsex chldsex1 obrespct obeythnk cathsch chrissch homesch othsch privsch pubsch relsch kdeduc1 kdeduc2 kdeduc3 kdeduc4 kdeduc5 kdeduc6 kdeduc7 kdeduc8 kdeduc9 kidssol kidfinbu kiddrugs kidskips kidout kidneedy kidbeat kidhlth kidedpar kidxfilm aidkids sppoorkd spwrkpar sppill spdrugs mykids othkids sphlthkd sphomekd medsavtx spfoodkd sppregnt spheadst spdsabkd mapaid paidlv paidlv1 paidlvpy paidlvdv chldcare evkid impkids kidsocst knowkid1 knowkid2 knowkid3 knowkid4 chldskls chldeduc chldhlth chldhome chldlove chldmorl chldsafe chldsup chldtime inffilms infpubtv infnettv infadstv infmusic ovrmedkd medkdneg trbllaw zombies childs kidnum numkids nokids onekid twokids threkids fourkids kid5up chldmore chldnum chldsoon chldprob chldhlp hlth8 famper4 law7 oth3 fekids1 fekids2 fekids3 fekids4 fekids5 kdrel1 kdrel2 kdrel3 kdrel4 kdrel5 kdrel6 kdrel7 kdrel8 kdrel9 kd1relig kd2relig kd3relig kd4relig kd5relig kd6relig kd7relig kd8relig kd1jwoth kd2jwoth kd3jwoth kd4jwoth kd5jwoth kidjob kidpars rolema rolepa rolegp roleccp roletchr roleclrg ssfchild ssmchild kdpicked kdsex1 kdsex2 kdsex3 kdsex4 kdsex5 kdsex6 kdsex7 kdsex8 kdsex9 spanking timekid1 timekid2 timekid3 timekid4 sptmkid1 sptmkid2 sptmkid4 kdtmkid1 kdtmkid2 kdtmkid3 kdtmkid4 sellbaby chldvig badchar chembal stressfl geneprob raised violtv discipln allergic outsider sufadult comknows failure grwingup mntlill illphys violpeop violself adfam adtch addoc adcou adpsy adhos forcedoc forcemed forcehos nextdoor spendeve chldfrnd chldsch bettrown imprvdis imprveat imprvmed adfammed adtchmed addocmed adcoumed adpsymed adhosmed kdwork1 kdwork2 kdevwork kdocc80 kdpres80 kdwrkslf kdind80 kdyrbrn1 kdyrbrn2 kdyrbrn3 kdyrbrn4 kdyrbrn5 kdyrbrn6 kdyrbrn7 kdyrbrn8 kdyrbrn9 more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

What do you think is the ideal number of children for a family to have?

Year Availability
Available in 27 of 31 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
0
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7 Seven+
8 As many as want
-1 Not applicable
9 Dk,na
1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1982 1983 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
27 17 16 31 16 16 17 17 16 15 17 11 10 11 10 27 24 25 24 13 9 22 15 6 10 18 13
19 30 28 49 28 26 54 27 38 24 16 27 17 28 37 50 54 49 64 29 15 42 32 42 31 26 36
638 651 712 753 736 752 934 815 840 742 496 536 502 537 595 1046 1072 1005 946 447 449 963 630 672 601 795 844
375 346 347 298 347 353 350 370 331 359 252 213 217 221 216 439 409 365 439 223 217 506 326 346 337 410 477
286 231 216 192 222 196 259 195 165 185 111 89 90 103 90 189 162 163 153 81 90 161 102 123 117 132 194
49 32 17 27 37 34 37 23 27 25 15 26 12 14 13 23 22 17 14 16 7 23 17 24 17 25 35
43 15 14 11 11 14 24 15 9 15 9 8 7 7 3 3 12 11 7 5 8 14 6 7 7 8 6
18 6 5 6 12 8 22 3 10 5 3 6 1 2 3 4 7 8 2 1 4 6 3 6 6 3 11
97 116 89 94 91 85 104 91 64 70 49 53 43 61 61 120 120 157 134 79 84 214 151 155 133 258 271
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 493 531 444 493 526 1015 944 961 940 1857 1906 2518 694 614 672 863 980
61 40 46 38 30 48 59 43 34 30 20 37 29 40 52 76 78 71 94 14 23 41 47 49 43 0 0
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 38608
Missing cases 23858