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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
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Number of children still alive (BF1985A_0415)

Data file: BFA1985-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 123
End: 124
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.]




18. Total number of children still 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 eighteen - children still living:

For these same women, you should record the total number of children still living at the time of the interview.

Example: For a woman who gave birth to 6 children who were living at the time of birth but of which only 5 are still living at the time of the interview, record 6 in column 17 and 5 in column 18.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of children born alive to a woman that are still alive.
Universe
Females age 12+

concept

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