Recensement general de la population de 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1985

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Reference ID

BFA_1985_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

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

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Number of children born alive (BF1985A_0414)

Data file: BFA1985-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 121

End: 122

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Residents 12 years of age and older
[Questions 16-20 were asked for residents age 12 and older.]

Women only
[Questions 17-20 were asked for females age 12 and older.]

17. Total number of children born alive ____

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
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

Columns 17 to 20 only concern women age 12 or older.

Column seventeen - total number of children born living:

For each resident woman age 12 or older, it is necessary to record the number of children born alive from her first pregnancy to her most recent pregnancy as of the reference date, including:

- Children currently living in the household;
- Children living outside of the household;
- Deceased children.

Abortions, miscarriages and stillbirths are not included in this category.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of children born alive to a woman.

Universe

Females age 12+

concept

Concept

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

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