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Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2005
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CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS
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Number of male children still living (CM2005A_CHSURVM)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 332
End: 333
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="CM05A512 CM05A513">35. How many are still living?<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+
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="CM05A512 CM05A513 CM05A517"><span class="em">35. Survival of children or number of children still alive, by sex.</span><br />Q. "Of all these children, how many boys are still live? And how many girls are still alive?"<br /><div class="i1">-Mark the number given in the reserved space.</div><br /><br />N.B: The part of the Standard Household Questionnaire (QMO) "Live births in the last 12 months" becomes "Women age 12 or older".<br />The last 12 months are counted starting with the reference night, meaning beginning on the night before your visit to the household.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of male children borne of a woman and still living.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: Female household residents age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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