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Censos Nacionales. III de Vivienda – VII de Población 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1973
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CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • CRI1973-P-H

Children surviving at the census time (CR1973A_0404)

Data file: CRI1973-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 149
End: 150
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Only for women 15 years of age and older:
[Applies to questions 5 - 6]




6. How many children currently alive do you have?


[] 00 None
____ Children
[] YY Unknown
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
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
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
12.- Question No. 5.- Children born alive

All women 15 years old or older should be asked, how many children born alive have you had?

For this the following definition should be taken into account:




13.- Question No. 6.- Children alive

This question should be asked to all women 15 years old or older who have had children born alive, in the contrary case, mark the circle "None".

It should be asked: How many children are currently living?

One should proceed according to the following definition:

Children alive: are those who on the date of the Census May 14, 1973, are found to be with life, independent of whether they live with their parents or not or that they reside in another geographic place in the country or abroad.

When the number of children alive is assured, make the annotation in the corresponding space. When the woman does not know the number of children alive write down "Not Known".

In the case of women 14 years old or older and for all men, because of not being asked the question, cross out the corresponding box with a big x.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's number of children born alive surviving at the time of the census.
Universe
Females age 15+ with children ever born

concept

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