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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Total live births (DO2002A_LIVEBTHS)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 341
End: 342
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For women of 15 years old and more</span>
<br />[Questions 64-67 were asked for women age 15+.]</p>

<p>64. In total, how many live-born children has [the respondent] had, including those that died a few hours or days after birth? If any, indicate the number; if not, fill the oval box, and skip to the next person.</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ Sons<br />_ _ Daughters <br />[] None</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
98 Unknown
99 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
<span class="em">Questions 64-67 should only be asked to women who are 15 years old or older. </span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 64: In total, how many live births has (NAME) had, even if the baby died a few hours or days after being born?</span>
<br />Consider live births to be only those that "after being pushed out or removed from the mother's womb, was breathing or with some other vital signs, such as heartbeat, a pulsating umbilical cord, or muscle movements or voluntary contractions, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta has been removed or not". </p>

<p>Record in each box the total number of male children and female children that the woman has born.
<br />If the woman answered that she has not had any female or male children alive, fill in the bubble to none and continue with the next person. </p>

<p>In the case that all children are male record "00" in female children, and if all children are female record "00" in male children.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the woman's total number of live births.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Females age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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