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National Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1974
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HND_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Last child born is still alive (HN1974A_LSTBLIVE)

Data file: HND1974_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">D. - Fertility Characteristics</span></p>

<p>(For all women 15 years of age and older)</p>

<p>21. Is your last son or daughter born alive still living?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Unknown</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
9 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
<span class="h3">D) Fertility Characteristics (For all girls and women aged 15 and older)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question set 21. Is your last live-born child alive?</span>
<br />Is your last live-born child alive?</p>

<p>If the last live-born child is alive, write an "X" in box 1, "Yes."</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 49]</span></p>

<p>If the last live-born child has died, write an "X" in box 2, "No."</p>

<p>If the respondent doesn't know if the last live-born child of the woman in question has died or not, write an "X" in box 9, "Unknown."

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the last child born alive is currently alive.
Universe
Honduras 1974: Females age 15+ who ever gave birth [discrepancies: type I 7.4%; type II none]

concept

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