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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 2002; Censo Nacional Indígena de Población y Viviendas, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 2002
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Reference ID
PRY_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Number of live births (PY2002A_CHBORN)

Data file: PRY2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 298
End: 299
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter H. </span></p>

<p>For women 12 years of age and older</p>

<p>32. How many total sons and daughters born alive have you had? </p>
<div class="i1">____ Total children</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 No child born alive
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18+
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
<span class="h3">H. Population information<br />For women twelve years old and older.</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 31, 32, 33, 34, 35: Fertility, infant-juvenile mortality</span></p>

<p><span class="em">32. How many sons and daughters born alive have you had in total?</span></p>

<p>You should note the quantity of all of the children born alive, whether they are currently alive or not. You should also include the children who were given up for adoption, if this were the case.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of children born alive to a woman.
Universe
Paraguay 2002: Females age 12+ who gave birth to live children [discrepancies: none]

concept

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