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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas,1992 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1992
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PRY_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Children ever born (PY1992A_CHBORN)

Data file: PRY1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 250
End: 251
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section IV. Population information</span></p>

<p>[Questions 19 through 21 were asked to females 14 years and above who ever had any live birth]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A434">19. How many living sons and daughters do you currently have? <br /><div class="i1">____ Number of living children<br />[] 00 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
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+
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
<svar a="all" v="PY92A434">Only for women 14 years old and older.<br /><br />The questions 18 and on refer to fertility. They will be asked only of women who are fourteen years old and older.<br /><br />Question 18: Have you had a son (or daughter) born alive?<br /><br />If she responds yes, continue asking questions 19 and on.<br /><br />If she answers no, end the interview and continue with the next person.<br /></svar></p>

<p>Question 19: How many sons and daughters do you have that were born alive?</p>

<p><span class="pg">[page] 33</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A434">In the box, write, with legible numbers, the number of sons/daughters that the woman had and those that are alive at this time. Mark the circle "none" if she does not have children who are alive.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the total number of children still alive born alive to the woman.
Universe
Paraguay 1992: Females 14+ who ever had any live births [discrepancies: type I 0.8% ; type II 0.1%]

concept

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