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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_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Agency of Statistics and Demography, IPUMS
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Number of male children ever born (SN2002A_CHBORNM)

Data file: SEN2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 262
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SN02A449 SN02A450 SN02A451 SN02A452 SN02A453 SN02A454"><span class="h2">Women aged 12 years and more</span><br />[Questions B21-B22 were asked of women aged 12 years and more]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SN02A449 SN02A450">B21. Number of children ever born<br /><div class="i1">Record the number of children ever born, broken down by sex<br /><br />Males: ______<br />Females: _____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 No males
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
<svar a="all" v="SN02A449 SN02A450">B21. Number of children ever born<br /><br />This part applies only to women aged 12 years and more.<br />Write an oblique hyphen for women aged less than 12 years.<br /><br />Record the number of children ever born, broken down by sex.<br /><br />[Example table omitted]<br /><br />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.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of male children ever born to a mother.
Universe
Senegal 2002: Females age 12+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 7.0%]

concept

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