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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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Reference ID
SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Birth certificate (SL2015A_REGBTH)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 266
End: 266
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em"> All persons [Questions P01-P20]</span></p>

<p>[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p>P20. Birth registration</p>
<div class="i1">Does [the respondent] have a birth certificate?<br /><br />[] 1. Yes<br />[] 2. No<br />[] 3. Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Do not know
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
<span class="h2">Section 2: Population characteristics</span></p>

<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>

<p><span class="em">P20 --Birth registration</span>
<br />128. Ask if the person has a birth certificate and record the response given. Note that this question is for all members of the household irrespective of age. The possible codes are '1' for yes, '2' for no, and '3' for don't know.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has a birth certificate.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Persons in occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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