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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
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Number of males in the last birth (VN1989A_LASTMALE)

Data file: VNM1989_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 190
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="VN89A425 VN89A426">f. Was that a boy or a girl?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Boy<br />[] 2 Girl</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
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="VN89A425 VN89A426"><span class="em">Question f: is it a boy or a girl?</span><br />This question is only for the most recent birth in question e).<br />If the child is a boy, fill in the box for boy.<br />In the case of twins:<br /><div class="i1">if the last birth is twins with two boys, fill in "2" in the box for "boy"<br />if the last birth is twins with two girls, fill in "2" in the box for "girl"<br />if the last birth is twins with one boy and one girl, fill in "1" in the box for "boy" and "1" in the box for "girl"<br />in case of triplets: similar to the above case</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of males born in the last birth.
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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