Population Census Jamaica 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1991

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Reference ID

JAM_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Division of Censuses and Related Studies, Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Number of live births in the last year (JM1991A_0458)

Data file: JAM1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 262

End: 262

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section 7: Union status and fertility
(Female age 14 and older who are not full-time students at a primary or secondary school)

7.11. How many live births were there?

[] One
[] Two separated births
[] Twins
[] Three or more
[] Note stated

Categories

Value	Category
1	One
2	Two or more separate births
3	Twins
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

Section 7 - Union Status and Fertility

5.76 General
This section is comprised of Question 7.1 - 7.14 and the information is to be completed only for females 14 years or older who are not attending primary or secondary school full-time. Part-time students at these schools as well as students of tertiary institutions are eligible for

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answering these questions.
The questions in this section can be seen to be of a very personal nature and you must assure the respondent that this type of information is very crucial to population planning as they provide very useful indicators of family formation and population growth.

5.81 General
Questions 7.6 - 7.14 are related to the number of live born children a woman has had. These questions are to be asked only of women under 65

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years old. Some women might tend to exclude children who were born alive but subsequently died. These children are not to be excluded from the count. A live birth is the product of a pregnancy which shows some form of life after expulsion even if it dies a few minutes after.

5.86 Question 7.11 Number of live births in Past Twelve Months
It is important to note that it is possible for a woman to have more than one delivery in the same 12 month period. The occurrence of this is however, very low.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of live births that the woman has had in the last year.

Universe

Females age 14 to 64 in private households and some group quarters who are not full-time primary or secondary students and have had live births in the last year

concept

Concept

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

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