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V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1990
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ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Minnesota Population Center
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Month of birth of last child (EC1990A_0415)

Data file: ECU1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 161
End: 162
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Only for women 15 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 19-22.]




21. What was the date of the birth of your last child born alive?

Date:
____ Month
19 _ _ Year
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 January
2 February
3 March
4 April
5 May
6 June
7 July
8 August
9 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
99 Unknown
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
Question 21. On what date was the last son or daughter born alive?

Ask this question; write the month and the year of the birth of the last child born alive. Emphasize that the question is about the last child born alive, even if this child died or is living elsewhere.

It is possible that the interviewee does not remember the date of birth, in these cases try to help her remember, asking her age at the birth of the child, or is the child is present, he/she can tell you if he/she is over 5 years old.


On what date did you have your last child who was born alive?


_____ Month
19___ Year

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the month of birth of a woman's last child born alive.
Universe
Females age 15+ with children ever born

concept

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