Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
Cameroon, 2005
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Reference ID
CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS
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Last modified
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- CMR2005_PHC-H-H.dat
- CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Children born alive (CM2005A_CHBORN)
Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
340
End:
341
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="CM05A510 CM05A511 CM05A512 CM05A513 CM05A514 CM05A515"><span class="h3">Females 12 and above</span><br /> [Questions 34-36 were asked of females age 12 and older.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CM05A510 CM05A511">34. How many live births has she ever had?<br /><div class="i1">_ _ Male<br />_ _ Female</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CM05A510 CM05A511">34. How many live births has she ever had?<br /><div class="i1">_ _ Male<br />_ _ Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18+ |
| 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
<svar a="all" v="CM05A510 CM05A511 CM05A516"><span class="em">34. Woman's name and number of live born children</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Live births</span><br />Live births means all products of conception which, after expulsion or extraction from the mother's body, shows any sign of life, like crying, tears, breathing, heartbeat, motility, even if it only lived a few minutes after birth.<br /><div class="i1">-Write down the name of the each woman age 12 or older respecting the order number of the registration rank of the first page of the questionnaire.</div><br /><br />[Example omitted]<br /><br />Q: Did ______ deliver a live baby?<br />If the answer is no:<br /><div class="i1">-Mark in the reserved space 00 for the male sex and 00 for the female sex in Q. 34 and Q35</div><br />If the answer is yes:<br /><div class="i1">-Ask the number of male births and the number of female births;<br />-Mark the number of children of male sex and the number of children of female sex declared in the reserved space.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the number of children borne alive to a woman.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: Women aged 12+ [discrepancies: type I trace, type II none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |