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1987 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987
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MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Children ever born (MW1987A_CHBORN)

Data file: MWI1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 220
End: 221
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MW87A422 MW87A423 MW87A424 MW87A425 MW87A426 MW87A427 MW87A428 MW87A429 MW87A430 MW87A431 MW87A432">Women aged 10 years or older<br />[Questions P and Q were asked of women aged 10 years or more]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MW87A422">p. Total children ever born alive _ _<br /></svar>
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 or more
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.

Description

Definition
This variable records the number of children ever born to a woman.
Universe
Malawi 1987: Females age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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