1990 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1990

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ZMB_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Female children ever born (ZM1990A_CHBORNF)

Data file: ZMB1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 275

End: 276

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h3"> Fertility (Own children ever born alive) </span>
<br />[Question F-1 to F-6 were asked of females 12 years and over]</p>

<p>F-1 Live birth
<br />Have you ever had a live birth? (Including babies who dies after birth) </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1-Yes <br />[] 2-No (If "No", go to next person or M-1)</div><p>F-2 Age at first live birth
<br />How old were you when you first had a live birth? ____</p>

<p>F-3
<br />How many children born to you are still alive? How many of these are male and how many female?
<br />(If "None", enter "00" and skip to Question F-4c)</p>
<div class="i1">Male _ _<br />Female _ _</div>

Value	Category
00
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10+
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of female children ever born to the woman.

Universe

Zambia 1990: Females age 12+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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