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National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 1980
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PNG_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Female children living elsewhere (PG1980A_CHAWAYF)

Data file: PNG1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 282
End: 282
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all females 15 years of age and older (born in 1965 or before)</span>
<br />[Questions 15-16 were asked of females age 15+.]</p>

<p>15C. Do any (of your children) live somewhere else?</p>
<div class="i1">____ Number of boys <br />____ Number of girls</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5+
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="h1">Section 6 - The census questions</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Urban RNVs and rural villages</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 15</span>
<br />This question has 4 parts, A, B, C and D.
<br />For all females 15 years of age and older (born in 1965 or before)</p>
<div class="i1">A. How many children have you given birth?<br />B. Have any of your children died?<br />C. Do any live somewhere else?<br />D. How many live here with you?</div><p>Part C</p>
<div class="i1">'Do any live somewhere else' must be asked, because children may have married, moved out of the village, been adopted out or may be living on their own or with another household.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of a woman's female children who are living elsewhere.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1980: Urban females age 15+ who have given birth [discrepancies: type I trace, type II 1.4%]

concept

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