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Fourth General Census of Population and Housing 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2009
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MLI_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Surviving female children (ML2009A_CHSURVF)

Data file: MLI2009_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 282
End: 283
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Women age 12-49 years</span>
<br />[Questions P31-P33 were asked for women age 12-49.]</p>

<p><span class="em">P32) Surviving children</span>
<br />This question should be asked only to women age 12-49. Among the live births mentioned in P31 how many are still alive?</p>
<div class="i1">M _ _<br />F _ _</div>
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
11 11
12 12+
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.
Interviewer instructions
Questions P29 to P33 are for people aged 12 years or older. Questions P31 to P33 are only for women aged 12 to 49 years.</p>

<p><span class="em"> 6.2.3.31 Surviving children (Column P32) </span>
<br />The purpose of this question is to obtain information on the number of children still alive at the time of interview among those who were born alive. The agent asks the following question: </p>

<p>"Among the live births reported previously, how many are still alive?." The agent records the number of surviving children in the corresponding boxes for each sex: "M" for male and "F" for female.</p>

<p>There can be no more survivors than live-born children.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's number of surviving female children.
Universe
Mali 2009: Women age 12-49 with live births [discrepancies: type I none; type II 3.3%]

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