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1989 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1989
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VNM_1989_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1989 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Number of alive children in the last birth (VN1989A_LASTALIV)

Data file: VNM1989_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="VN89A421 VN89A422 VN89A423 VN89A424 VN89A425 VN89A426 VN89A427 VN89A428"><span class="em">14 All women born 1-4-1939 to 31-3-1974 (aged 15-49) answer the following questions</span> [applies to questions a to g]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" VN89A423 VN89A424" v="VN89A423 VN89A424 VN89A425 VN89A426 VN89A427 VN89A428">e. What month and year did your last birth occur<br /><div class="i1">_ _ Month<br />19 _ _ Year</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VN89A427 VN89A428">g. Is that child living now?<br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Yes, still living<br />[] 4 No, died</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
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="VN89A421 VN89A422 VN89A423 VN89A424 VN89A425 VN89A426 VN89A427 VN89A428"><span class="h2">Filling-in questions on mortality and fertility</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">Question 14 </span><br />In order to have correct information on women's fertility, interviewers should interview directly women in the sample, who are in reproductive ages from 15 to 49 years old (those who were born between April 1, 1939 and March 31, 1974). Please do not ask indirectly via their husbands or other household members.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" VN89A423 VN89A424" v="VN89A423 VN89A424 VN89A425 VN89A426 VN89A427 VN89A428"><span class="em">Question e): month and year of the most recent birth</span><br />Fill in the month and year of the youngest child for mothers who have several children.<br />If the child is her first child (she only has 1 child), fill in this question.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VN89A427 VN89A428"><span class="em">Question g): is the child still alive?</span><br />This question is only for the most recent birth in question e) in order to collect information if this child is dead or alive at the time of census on April 1, 1989. This question is also for children who were born alive and lived just for a few minutes or days.<br /><br />In a case of one child (normal birth), fill in the box "alive" if the child is still alive at the time of census. If the child is dead, fill in the box "dead".<br /><br />In the case of twins:<br /><div class="i1">if both children are still alive, fill in "2" in the box "alive"<br />if both children are dead, fill in "2" in the box "dead"<br />if one child is dead and the other is alive, fill in "1" in the box "alive" and "1" in the box "dead"<br />in case of triplets: similar to the above case</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of children alive in the last birth occurrence.
Universe
Vietnam 1989: Females age 15 to 49 who had ever given birth [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

concept

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