General Census of Population and Housing 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1998

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MLI_1998_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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Number of children surviving (ML1998A_0435)

Data file: MLI1998-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 217

End: 218

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section B: Individual Characteristics

For women aged 12 years and above
[Questions 29-30]

30. 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+
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

1.2.1. Questions for ALL Household Members

1.2.4. Women aged 12 years and above

30. Column P30: Children surviving

Once the total number of children ever born is captured for each woman, ask the question on "number of children still alive".

This question is also only for women aged 12 years or more. Ask the question as follows: "Among the children born alive declared in P29, how many are still alive?"

Write down the corresponding number in Column P30.

This total shall include all the children whether born from the current marriage or from a previous marriage. It must include the number of children living in the household as well as children living elsewhere.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of children still surviving.

Universe

Females age 12+

concept

Concept

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

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