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Population and Housing Census 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2010
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GHA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Sep 25, 2014
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Births last year (GH2010A_0441)

Data file: GHA2010-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 209
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 98
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]


Number of children born alive in the past 12 months

[P20c was asked of females age 12-54.]

P20c. Children born in the past 12 months.

How many children has [the respondent] born alive in the past 12 months?

Male _ _
Female _ _
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3 or more
98 Unknown
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
P20c. Number of children born alive in the past 12 months (answer for females 12 to 54 years): How many children has (name) born alive in the last 12 months?

Question P20c is to be asked of only females aged 12 to 54 years old who have had a live birth in the 12 months preceding Census Night. The number of births must be recorded by sex. It includes children born alive within this period but who have since died.

If any female respondent aged 12 - 54 had a live birth within the reference period, record the number of births by sex in the appropriate box/boxes. You should record this in the correct column number of the respondent. If no children were born alive by any female respondent aged 12 - 54 during the 12 months before Census Night, record 0 in the boxes provided for such respondent.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of births during last year.
Universe
Females 12+ who gave birth in the last 12 months

concept

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