National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978

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Reference ID

POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Number of children in the family (regardless of age) (PL1978A_NCHILD)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 163

End: 164

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of children in the family, regardless of the age of the child.

Universe

Poland 1978: Present persons in family position husband, wife, parent alone, or oldest sibling [discrepancies: none]

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