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Third General Census of Population and Housing 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2002
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SEN_2002_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Agency of Statistics and Demography, Minnesota Population Center
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Number of female children ever born (SN2002A_0450)

Data file: SEN2002-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 235
End: 236
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Women aged 12 years and more
[Questions B21-B22 were asked of women aged 12 years and more]




B21. Number of children ever born

Record the number of children ever born, broken down by sex

Males: ______
Females: _____
Categories
Value Category
0 No females
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 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
B21. Number of children ever born

This part applies only to women aged 12 years and more.
Write an oblique hyphen for women aged less than 12 years.

Record the number of children ever born, broken down by sex.

[Example table omitted]

Note: These are all the children ever born to that woman who is being enumerated (whatever the age of the children, and whoever the father), whether still alive or deceased after the birth. A child is said to be born alive when he or she showed any sign of life at birth (cry, breathing, heart beating, etc.). These children may live with their mother in the household, or may live elsewhere.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of female children ever born to a mother.
Universe
Females age 12+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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