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1989 Population and Housing census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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KEN_1989_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, IPUMS
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Sex of last birth (KE1989A_LSTBSEX)

Data file: KEN1989_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 232
End: 232
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KE89A417 KE89A418 KE89A419 KE89A420 KE89A421 KE89A422 KE89A423 KE89A424 KE89A425 KE89A426 KE89A427 KE89A428 KE89A429"><span class="h2">D. Females aged 12 years and over</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><span class="h3">Particulars of her last live birth</span></p>

<p>P48. Was it a boy or a girl?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female<br />[] 3 Male twins<br />[] 4 Female twins<br />[] 5 Male-female twins<br />[] 6 Multiple births</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
3 Male twins
4 Female twins
5 Male and female twins
6 Multiple births
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicate the gender of the last child born.
Universe
Kenya 1989: Females age 12+ who had ever given birth, except the travellers and those receiving the short questionnaires [discrepancies: Type I trace; Type II none]

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