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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Male children died (PG1980A_CHDEADM)

Data file: PNG1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 279

End: 279

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>15B. Have any of your children died?</p>
<div class="i1">____ Number of boys <br />____ Number of girls</div>

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3+
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 B</p>
<div class="i1">'Have any of your children died', is probably the most difficult question to get a good answer to. People forget or don't like remembering their dead children.<br />However, the question is important and you should try to get an answer to it.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of a woman's male children that have died.

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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