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1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974
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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS
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Children ever born (LR1974A_CHBORN)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 124
End: 125
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Ask all women over age 10 years</span></p>

<p><span class="em">13. Number of children born</span>
<br />Ask all women over age 14 years regardless of marital status. </p>
<div class="i1">__ At home <br />__ Away from home<br />__ Died <br />__ Ever born<br />__ Surviving</div>
Categories
Value Category
00
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+
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 if the female 10+ has children ever born.
Universe
Liberia 1974: Females age 10+ [discrepancies: type I none, type II 10.6%]

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