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XV National Population and IV Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986
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COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Status of last live birth (CO1985A_LASTBRTH)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 201
End: 201
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO85A420 CO85A421 CO85A422 CO85A423 CO85A424 CO85A425 CO85A426"><span class="h2">E. For women fifteen years old or older.</span><br />[Applies to questions 46 - 50]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A424"><span class="em">49. The last child born alive is now :</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Dead<br />[] 3 Alive<br />[] 5 Does not know</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Dead
2 Alive
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="CO85A420 CO85A421 CO85A422 CO85A423 CO85A424 CO85A425 CO85A426"><span class="h3">E. Only for women 15 years old or older</span><br /><br />(Questions 46 to 50)<br /><br />Take into account that this part of the form is directed only to women and that it should only be filled out for women who are 15 years old or older, even if they are single.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A424"><span class="em">Question No. 49 The last child born alive is:</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Mark "x" in box 1, if the last child that was born alive is dead.<br /><br />Mark "x" in box 3, if the last child born alive is currently alive.<br /><br />Mark "x" in box 5, if a woman does not know if her last child born alive, is dead or alive.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the status of the person's last live birth.
Universe
Colombia 1985: Females age 15+ with at least one child still living [discrepancies: none]

concept

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