Census of Population and Housing 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1983

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Reference ID

ISR_1983_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Number of children ever born (IL1983A_0426)

Data file: ISR1983-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 186

End: 187

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]

Marriage and births
[Questions 3-7]

7. How many children have you had?

For every woman who is married, divorced or widowed (all men and unmarried women, skip to 8)

All children who were born alive should be included, even if they are no longer living.

[] 00 Had no children
[] Number of children born _ _

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
98	Unknown
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

8. Question 7: Number of births

[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 7.]

The question is not intended for single women or men, but for married women/ divorced women/widows.

Write the number of children the woman gave birth to throughout her whole life (also in previous marriages) -- even if deceased.

Do no include abortions and children born dead.

Description

Definition

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

Universe

Females age 15+ who have ever married

concept

Concept

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

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