National Censuses: IX Population and IV Housing Peru 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 1993

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Reference ID

PER_1993_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics and Computing, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 22, 2011

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Children currently alive (PE1993A_0412)

Data file: PER1993-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 175

End: 176

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For women 12 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 20 -23]

21. How many of your children are currently alive?

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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
16	16+
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

For women 12 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 20 - 23]

Question No. 21: How many of your children are currently alive?
Read the question and, according to the person's response, record in the box, using digits, the number of children reported.
[There is a picture of question 21 in this section of the Enumeration Form.]
If the person reports that they don't currently have any children who are alive, then record "0" in the box.
Remember that: You should take into account all of the children, whatever their age and sex may be, and whether they live with her [the mother] or not. Stepchildren and adopted children are not included in this question.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a woman's number of children who are currently alive.

Universe

Females age 12+, with children ever born

concept

Concept

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

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