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General Population Census VIII Homes IV and Housing VI 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2011
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URY_2011_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Number of children born alive (UY2011A_0462)

Data file: URY2011-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 238
End: 239
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Fertility and Mortality

For women 12 years or older:
[Questions 39-42 are asked of women aged 12 and older.]


39. How many female and male live births has [the respondent] had in total?
Total female and male live births (PerFM01) _ _
Unknown (PerFM01_1) _
(If the response is 00 finish the module)
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15+
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
8.8 Fertility and Mortality

The objective of this module is to provide a general description of the fertility of the women that life in Uruguay without considering their marital status. 

The questions are directed towards woman twelve years of age or older.

Keep in mind that it is very important to identify the situations of adolescence fertility and that the information attained in the census is a significant source for sexual and reproductive health policies.


How many female and male live births has she had in total?

Ask the question exactly as it is formulated.

"Live birth" is understood to be the son or daughter that, at the moment of birth, shows signs of life (crying, breathing, and moving).  If he or she died after birth he or she is still considered as born live.

This definition includes: 

All the boys and girls, even those of other couples, live or not in the dwelling interviewed.


This definition does not include:  

The children that were born dead (or the cases in which the pregnancy did not come to term).
The adopted children (because they are not the biological children of the woman interviewed).


Record the quantity of sons and daughters born live that this person has had in total.

If the woman interviewed has not had live birth children, record 00.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of children born alive to a woman.
Universe
Females age 12+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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