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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
Producer(s)
Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1989 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Month of last birth (VN1989A_LASTBMTH)

Data file: VNM1989_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 187
Width: 2
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>
Categories
Value Category
01 January
02 February
03 March
04 April
05 May
06 June
07 July
08 August
09 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
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 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>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the month of the last birth occurrence.
Universe
Vietnam 1989: Females age 15 to 49 who had ever given birth [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

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