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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Total children born alive (PE1993A_0423)

Data file: PER1993-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 188

End: 189

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]

20. How many live-born children have you had in total?

____

If she hasn't had children, write 0 and conclude the interview with this person.

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
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. 20: How many children born alive have you had in total?
Read the question and wait for the response. Then, record in the box, using digits, the number of children reported.
[There is a picture of question 20 in this section of the Enumeration Form.]
Remember that:

A child born alive is considered to be a child that, upon being born, showed some sign of life, such as breathing, crying, or moving, even though they may have died shortly thereafter.
If the person reports that they haven't had children, record "0" in the box and conclude the interview with this person.
Stepchildren and adopted children are not included in this question.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the total number of children born alive that a woman has.

Universe

Females age 12+

concept

Concept

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

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