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5th Sudan Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Sudan, 2008
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SDN_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Children born last year (SD2008A_0564)

Data file: SDN2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 303
End: 303
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Number of children ever born alive
[Questions 26 - 32: Women aged 12 to 54 years (if in North Sudan only complete this section for women who are or have ever been married)]
If no children, write "00"



31. How many children has [the respondent] given birth to in the last 12 months?

[Q31 was asked of females who have given birth during the last 12 months, as per Q30.]

Male _ _
Female _ _
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
Q30 - Q32 refer to the children born to females aged 12 - 54 during the 12 months before census night.



Q31 "How many children has [the respondent] given birth to in the last 12 months?" Continuing with the same female respondent, who answered yes "1" to question 30, ask question 31.

Write the number of male births in the box under the "males" column
Write the number of female births in the box under the "females" column.
If she did not have any male births then write "0" in the "males" column.
If she did not have any female births, write "0" in the "females" column.
Shade in the numbers corresponding to the numbers written in the boxes.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of children born to the person last year.
Universe
Ever-married females age 12 to 54

concept

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