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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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National Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Female children ever born (PG1980A_CHBORNF)

Data file: PNG1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 277
End: 278
Width: 2
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>15A. How many children have you given birth to? </p>
<div class="i1">Include live births only.<br /><br />____ Number of boys <br />____ Number of girls</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8+
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
<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 A</p>
<div class="i1">-This question refers to all children born alive. We are trying to find the total number of "live born" children that a woman has had. We want to exclude still births, that is, children born dead.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of females ever born to a person.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1980: Urban females age 15+ [discrepancies: type I trace, type II none]

concept

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