Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2005

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Reference ID

CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Number of male children still living (CM2005A_CHSURVM)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 332

End: 333

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CM05A510 CM05A511 CM05A512 CM05A513 CM05A514 CM05A515"><span class="h3">Females 12 and above</span><br /> [Questions 34-36 were asked of females age 12 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM05A512 CM05A513">35. How many are still living?<br /><div class="i1">_ _ Male<br />_ _ Female</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10+
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 a="all" v="CM05A512 CM05A513 CM05A517"><span class="em">35. Survival of children or number of children still alive, by sex.</span><br />Q. "Of all these children, how many boys are still live? And how many girls are still alive?"<br /><div class="i1">-Mark the number given in the reserved space.</div><br /><br />N.B: The part of the Standard Household Questionnaire (QMO) "Live births in the last 12 months" becomes "Women age 12 or older".<br />The last 12 months are counted starting with the reference night, meaning beginning on the night before your visit to the household.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of male children borne of a woman and still living.

Universe

Cameroon 2005: Female household residents age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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