General Census of Population and Housing 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987

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Reference ID

MLI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of the Census, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Apr 22, 2011

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Children surviving (ML1987A_0429)

Data file: MLI1987-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 194

End: 195

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For women 12 years of age and older.
[Questions 24-25]

25. Total number of children surviving

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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
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

1.2.4 QUESTIONS FOR WOMEN AGED 12 AND OLDER

The questions under this heading are only for women aged 12 and older. Put a dash or a hyphen for all men, regardless of age, and for women less than 12.

25. Surviving children

Once you have gotten the total number of live births for each woman, ask [a] question about "the number of children still alive".

[Page 37]
This total should include the children born from the current marriage of the woman as well as her children born to a previous marriage.

It should include living children currently living at home and children who have left home.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the number of children surviving.

Universe

Females age 12+

concept

Concept

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

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