Census of Population of Ireland, 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1971

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IRL_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Number of children born in the marriage (IE1971A_CHBORN)

Data file: IRL1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 176

End: 177

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="IE71A403" v="IE71A403 IE71A404">8. Marriage ____<br /><div class="i1">If 14 years of age or over, write "Single", "Married" or "Widowed", as appropriate. If under 14 years of age, write "Child"</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IE71A404">[Questions 9 and 10 must be answered by married women only]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IE71A404">10. Number of children born alive to present marriage___<br /><div class="i1">If none, write "None".</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	No children
01	1 child
02	2 children
03	3 children
04	4 children
05	5 children
06	6 children
07	7 children
08	8 children
09	9 children
10	10 or more children
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's number of children born in the marriage.

Universe

Ireland 1971: Married females age 14+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.6%]

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