General Population Census VIII Homes IV and Housing VI 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2011

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Reference ID

URY_2011_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Number of children surviving (UY2011A_0464)

Data file: URY2011-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 241

End: 242

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Fertility and Mortality

For women 12 years or older:
[Questions 39-42 are asked of women aged 12 and older.]

40. Of the sons and daughters born alive, how many are currently alive?
Total daughters and sons currently alive (PerFM02) _ _
Unknown (PerFM02_1) _

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+
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

8.8 Fertility and Mortality

The objective of this module is to provide a general description of the fertility of the women that life in Uruguay without considering their marital status.

The questions are directed towards woman twelve years of age or older.

Keep in mind that it is very important to identify the situations of adolescence fertility and that the information attained in the census is a significant source for sexual and reproductive health policies.

Of the sons and daughters born alive, how many are currently alive?

Note in the corresponding question the quantity of live sons and daughters on the date of the census.

It can happen that, upon specifying the quantity of children that currently live, the interviewed woman remembers children born live that she did not include in the total. If this situation is presented, the system allows you to return to the previous question to note the correct number.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of children currently alive.

Universe

Females age 12+ who have had live births

concept

Concept

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

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