General Census (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing) 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Apr 21, 2011

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Apr 18, 2019

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Know whether she has children who are currently alive (CO2005A_0533)

Data file: COL2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 364

End: 364

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For women 12 years old or more (generated by the DMC)
[Questions 55-58 were asked of women age 12+.]

56. Of the sons and daughters of [the respondent] that were born alive, how many are currently living? (basic)

How many? _ _
How many males? _ _
How many females? _ _
[] Does not know

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes, she knows
2	No, she does not know
9	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

Child born alive

It is every newborn child who shows signs of live after birth, like moving, breathing or crying.

If when being born the baby shows any of these signs and a little later died, it is a child born alive. Therefore, it should be included in the number of children had and excluded from the number of surviving children.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person knows her children are currently alive or not.

Universe

Females age 12+ who had children born alive

concept

Concept

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

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