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1998 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1998
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MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • MWI1998_PHC-P-H

Female children born in past year, still alive (MW1998A_BTHYRFS)

Data file: MWI1998_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MW98A421 MW98A422 MW98A423 MW98A424 MW98A425 MW98A426 MW98A427 MW98A428 MW98A429 MW98A430 MW98A431"><span class="em">Children ever born [Questions B20-B26]</span><br />[Questions B20-B30 were asked of women age 12 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="MW98A428 MW98A429 MW98A430 MW98A431"><span class="em">Children born since September 1997</span><br />[Questions B27-B30]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MW98A430 MW98A431">How many are still alive? If none, enter "0".<br /><div class="i1">B29. Male _<br />B30. Female _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
None
1 1
2 2
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of the person's female children born in the past year that are still alive.
Universe
Malawi 1998: Females age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

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