WANTEDPREG
    
    
  
  Wanted to get pregnant at the time
  
Codes and Frequencies
          
            
        
Description
WANTEDPREG denotes whether a currently pregnant woman wanted to become pregnant at the time she conceived.
Comparability — Index
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              Syria | 
            
Comparability
Universes differ across samples, principally with respect to marital status. Some samples restrict the question to ever-married women, and others to women who were currently married or in a union.
To harmonized MICS Round 3 and Round 4 in this variable, the "no" category combines the detail about if the woman wanted another child later or never (WANTEDPREGWHEN).
Comparability — Syria [top]
Syria 2006 asked the question only of women who had not given birth within the last two years but who were currently pregnant.
Universe
- Algeria 2012: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Algeria 2018: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Argentina 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Azerbaijan 2023: Ever-married or in union women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Bangladesh 2012: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Bangladesh 2019: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Barbados 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Belarus 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Belarus 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Belize 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Belize 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Belize 2015: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Benin 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Benin 2021: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Bhutan 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Roma) 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Burkina Faso 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Cameroon 2006: Women age 15-49 ever have had sex who are are currently pregnant
 - Cameroon 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Central African Republic 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Central African Republic 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Central African Republic 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Chad 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Chad 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Comoros 2022: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Congo 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Congo Democratic Republic 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Congo Democratic Republic 2017: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Costa Rica 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Costa Rica 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Cote D'Ivoire 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Cote D'Ivoire 2016: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Cuba 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Cuba 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Cuba 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Cuba 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Djibouti 2006: Women age 15-49 who are currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Dominican Republic 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Dominican Republic 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - El Salvador 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Eswatini (Swaziland) 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Eswatini (Swaziland) 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Eswatini (Swaziland) 2021: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Fiji 2021: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Gambia 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Gambia 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Georgia 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Ghana (Accra) 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Ghana 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Ghana 2017: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Guinea 2016: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Guinea Bissau 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Guinea Bissau 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Guinea Bissau 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Guyana 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Guyana 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Guyana 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Honduras 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Indonesia (West Papua) 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Indonesia (Papua) 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Iraq 2006: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Iraq 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Iraq 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kazakhstan 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kazakhstan 2015: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kenya (Mombasa informal settlements) 2009: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kenya (Nyanza Province) 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kenya (Turkana County) 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kenya (Kakamega) 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kenya (Bungoma) 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kiribati 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kosovo (Roma) 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kosovo 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kosovo (Roma) 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kosovo 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kyrgyzstan 2005: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kyrgyzstan 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kyrgyzstan 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Kyrgyzstan 2023: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Laos 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Laos 2017: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Lebanon (Palestinian Camps) 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Lesotho 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Madagascar (South) 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Madagascar 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Malawi 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Malawi 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mali 2009: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mali 2015: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mauritania 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Mauritania 2015: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mexico 2015: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Moldova 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mongolia 2005: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex who are are currently pregnant
 - Mongolia 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag) 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mongolia (Nalaikh) 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mongolia 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag) 2016: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mongolia (Nalaikh) 2016: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Mongolia 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Montenegro 2005: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Montenegro (Roma) 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Montenegro 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Montenegro 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Montenegro (Roma) 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Nauru 2023: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Nepal (Mid- and Far-Western) 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Nepal 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Nepal 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Nigeria 2007: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Nigeria 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Nigeria 2016: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Nigeria 2021: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - North Macedonia 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - North Macedonia (Roma) 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - North Macedonia 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - North Macedonia (Roma) 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - North Macedonia 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Punjab) 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Sindh) 2014: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Punjab) 2014: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) 2016: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2016: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Punjab) 2017: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Sindh) 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2019: Married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Pakistan (Balochistan) 2019: Married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Palestine 2010: Women age 15-54 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Palestine 2014: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Palestine 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Panama 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Paraguay 2016: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Qatar 2012: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Saint Lucia 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Samoa 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Sao Tome and Principe 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Sao Tome and Principe 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Senegal (Dakar City) 2015: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Serbia 2005: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Serbia 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Serbia (Roma) 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Serbia 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Serbia (Roma) 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Serbia 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Serbia (Roma) 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Sierra Leone 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Sierra Leone 2017: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Somalia (Somaliland) 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Somalia (Northeast Zone) 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - South Sudan 2010: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Sudan 2010: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Sudan 2014: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Suriname 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Suriname 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Suriname 2018: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Syria 2006: Women age 15-49 who are currently married or in a union and who have not given birth in the past 2 years who are are currently pregnant
 - Tajikistan 2005: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Thailand 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Thailand (Bangkok) 2015: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Thailand 2015: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Thailand (14 Provinces) 2016: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Thailand 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Thailand (17 Provinces) 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Thailand 2022: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Togo 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Togo 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Togo 2017: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Tonga 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Trinidad and Tobago 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Trinidad and Tobago 2022: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Tunisia 2011: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Tunisia 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Tunisia 2023: Married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Turkmenistan 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Turkmenistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Turkmenistan 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Turks and Caicos 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Tuvalu 2019: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Ukraine 2005: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Ukraine 2012: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Uzbekistan 2006: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Uzbekistan 2021: Women age 15-49 in phase 2 of data collection who are are currently pregnant
 - Vanuatu 2023: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Viet Nam 2010: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Viet Nam 2013: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Viet Nam 2020: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 - Yemen 2006: Women age 15-49 currently married or in a union who are are currently pregnant
 - Zimbabwe 2014: Women age 15-49 who are are currently pregnant
 
Availability
- Algeria: 2012, 2018
 - Argentina: 2019
 - Azerbaijan: 2023
 - Bangladesh: 2012, 2019
 - Barbados: 2012
 - Belarus: 2012, 2019
 - Belize: 2006, 2011, 2015
 - Benin: 2014, 2021
 - Bhutan: 2010
 - Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2006, 2011
 - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Roma): 2011
 - Burkina Faso: 2006
 - Cameroon: 2006, 2014
 - Central African Republic: 2006, 2010, 2018
 - Chad: 2010, 2019
 - Comoros: 2022
 - Congo: 2014
 - Congo Democratic Republic: 2010, 2017
 - Costa Rica: 2011, 2018
 - Cote D'Ivoire: 2006, 2016
 - Cuba: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019
 - Djibouti: 2006
 - Dominican Republic: 2014, 2019
 - El Salvador: 2014
 - Eswatini (Swaziland): 2010, 2014, 2021
 - Fiji: 2021
 - Gambia: 2010, 2018
 - Georgia: 2018
 - Ghana: 2011, 2017
 - Ghana (Accra): 2010
 - Guinea: 2016
 - Guinea Bissau: 2006, 2014, 2018
 - Guyana: 2006, 2014, 2019
 - Honduras: 2019
 - Indonesia (Papua): 2011
 - Indonesia (West Papua): 2011
 - Iraq: 2006, 2011, 2018
 - Kazakhstan: 2010, 2015
 - Kenya (Mombasa informal settlements): 2009
 - Kenya (Nyanza Province): 2011
 - Kenya (Bungoma): 2013
 - Kenya (Kakamega): 2013
 - Kenya (Turkana County): 2013
 - Kiribati: 2018
 - Kosovo: 2013, 2019
 - Kosovo (Roma): 2013, 2019
 - Kyrgyzstan: 2005, 2014, 2018, 2023
 - Laos: 2011, 2017
 - Lebanon (Palestinian Camps): 2011
 - Lesotho: 2018
 - Madagascar: 2018
 - Madagascar (South): 2012
 - Malawi: 2013, 2019
 - Mali: 2009, 2015
 - Mauritania: 2011, 2015
 - Mexico: 2015
 - Moldova: 2012
 - Mongolia: 2005, 2010, 2013, 2018
 - Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag): 2012, 2016
 - Mongolia (Nalaikh): 2012, 2016
 - Montenegro: 2005, 2013, 2018
 - Montenegro (Roma): 2013, 2018
 - Nauru: 2023
 - Nepal: 2014, 2019
 - Nepal (Mid- and Far-Western): 2010
 - Nigeria: 2007, 2011, 2016, 2021
 - North Macedonia: 2005, 2011, 2018
 - North Macedonia (Roma): 2011, 2018
 - Pakistan (Punjab): 2011, 2014, 2017
 - Pakistan (Sindh): 2014, 2018
 - Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan): 2016
 - Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): 2016, 2019
 - Pakistan (Balochistan): 2019
 - Palestine: 2010, 2014, 2019
 - Panama: 2013
 - Paraguay: 2016
 - Qatar: 2012
 - Saint Lucia: 2012
 - Samoa: 2019
 - Sao Tome and Principe: 2014, 2019
 - Senegal (Dakar City): 2015
 - Serbia: 2005, 2010, 2014, 2019
 - Serbia (Roma): 2010, 2014, 2019
 - Sierra Leone: 2010, 2017
 - Somalia (Northeast Zone): 2011
 - Somalia (Somaliland): 2011
 - South Sudan: 2010
 - Sudan: 2010, 2014
 - Suriname: 2006, 2010, 2018
 - Syria: 2006
 - Tajikistan: 2005
 - Thailand: 2012, 2015, 2019, 2022
 - Thailand (Bangkok): 2015
 - Thailand (14 Provinces): 2016
 - Thailand (17 Provinces): 2019
 - Togo: 2006, 2010, 2017
 - Tonga: 2019
 - Trinidad and Tobago: 2006, 2011, 2022
 - Tunisia: 2011, 2018, 2023
 - Turkmenistan: 2006, 2015, 2019
 - Turks and Caicos: 2019
 - Tuvalu: 2019
 - Ukraine: 2005, 2012
 - Uzbekistan: 2006, 2021
 - Vanuatu: 2023
 - Viet Nam: 2010, 2013, 2020
 - Yemen: 2006
 - Zimbabwe: 2014