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1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995
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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Certificate from Ministry of Health, if child born in last 5 years (NI1995A_BTHCERT)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 282
End: 282
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="NI95A435 NI95A436 NI95A437 NI95A438 NI95A439 NI95A440 NI95A441 NI95A442 NI95A443 NI95A444 NI95A445 NI95A446 NI95A447">For women age 14 or older<br />[Questions 19-25 were asked of women age 14 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A446">24. If the woman's last child was born in the last five years, was a birth certificate obtained from MINSA?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="NI95A435 NI95A436 NI95A437 NI95A438 NI95A439 NI95A440 NI95A441 NI95A442 NI95A443 NI95A444 NI95A445 NI95A446 NI95A447"><span class="h3">Questions only for women who are age 14 or older</span><br />This series of questions will only be asked of women age 14 or older. For the case of all of the females younger than 14 and all males of any age, you will annul the questions from 19 to 25 by making a diagonal line through each of the boxes.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A446"><span class="em">Question 24: If the woman's last child was born in the last five years, was a birth certificate obtained from MINSA?</span><br />You should only note "Yes" if MINSA provided a certificate at the moment of birth of the person's last live-born child.<br /><br />If the informant or you are not clear to which child this refers to, verify this with question 22 in which you note the date of birth of the last son or daughter who was born alive.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the child born within last 5 years has birth certificate from Ministry of Health.
Universe
Nicaragua 1995: Females age 14+, whose last live-born child was born during last 5 years [discrepancies: type I none; type II none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
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