XVI National Population and V de Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Colombia, 1993 - 1994
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Reference ID
COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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- COL1993_PHC-H-H.dat
- COL1993_PHC-P-H.dat
Sons currently alive (CO1993A_CHSURVM)
Data file: COL1993_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
233
End:
234
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="CO93A429 CO93A430 CO93A432 CO93A433 CO93A435 CO93A436 CO93A438 CO93A439"><span class="h2">F 4. Ask these questions of all women who are twelve years old or more.</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A432 CO93A433"><span class="em">41. Of the children you had, how many are still alive?</span><br /><div class="i1">_ _ Number of male children<br />_ _ Number of female children<br />00 None (continue with the next person)</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A432 CO93A433"><span class="em">41. Of the children you had, how many are still alive?</span><br /><div class="i1">_ _ Number of male children<br />_ _ Number of female children<br />00 None (continue with the next person)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 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
<svar v="CO93A429 CO93A430 CO93A431 CO93A432 CO93A433 CO93A434 CO93A435 CO93A436 CO93A437 CO93A438 CO93A439"><span class="h3">F4. Ask these questions to all women 12 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A432 CO93A433 CO93A434"><span class="em">41. Of [the respondent]'s sons and daughters, how many are currently alive?</span><br /><br />This question refers to the number of sons and daughters, declared in the previous question, who on the date of the census were alive, it does not matter whether they reside in the household or not.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Write the number of male and female children in the corresponding boxes.<br /><br />If in the previous question you did not get a response, leave it blank or write "99" and when asking this question you attain any concrete or contradictory number, ask the previous question again (Question 40) and make the correction.<br /><br />If only one of the boxes has information about children currently alive, write "00" in the other.<br /><br />If they respond to you that "none" or "all are dead" mark with "x" option "00"and leave blank boxes "No. of male children" and "No. of female children". Go to question 43 and do not ask question 42.<br /><br />If a woman or the interviewed person do not know how many children are alive or dead, write "99" in the boxes "No. of male children" and "No. of female children".<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A432 CO93A433 CO93A434"><span class="em">41. Of [the respondent]'s sons and daughters, how many are currently alive?</span><br /><br />This question refers to the number of sons and daughters, declared in the previous question, who on the date of the census were alive, it does not matter whether they reside in the household or not.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Write the number of male and female children in the corresponding boxes.<br /><br />If in the previous question you did not get a response, leave it blank or write "99" and when asking this question you attain any concrete or contradictory number, ask the previous question again (Question 40) and make the correction.<br /><br />If only one of the boxes has information about children currently alive, write "00" in the other.<br /><br />If they respond to you that "none" or "all are dead" mark with "x" option "00"and leave blank boxes "No. of male children" and "No. of female children". Go to question 43 and do not ask question 42.<br /><br />If a woman or the interviewed person do not know how many children are alive or dead, write "99" in the boxes "No. of male children" and "No. of female children".<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the number of sons ever born to the individual and still alive.
Universe
Colombia 1993: Females age 12+ who ever gave birth [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |