Population and Housing Census 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1989

Reference ID

VNM_1989_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1989 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., Minnesota Population Center

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Number of males in the last birth (VN1989A_0425)

Data file: VNM1989-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 171

End: 171

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

14 All women born 1-4-1939 to 31-3-1974 (aged 15-49) answer the following questions [applies to questions a to g]

e. What month and year did your last birth occur

_ _ Month
19 _ _ Year

f. Was that a boy or a girl?

[] 1 Boy
[] 2 Girl

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
8	Unknown
9	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

Filling-in questions on mortality and fertility

Question 14
In order to have correct information on women's fertility, interviewers should interview directly women in the sample, who are in reproductive ages from 15 to 49 years old (those who were born between April 1, 1939 and March 31, 1974). Please do not ask indirectly via their husbands or other household members.

Question e): month and year of the most recent birth
Fill in the month and year of the youngest child for mothers who have several children.
If the child is her first child (she only has 1 child), fill in this question.

Question f: is it a boy or a girl?
This question is only for the most recent birth in question e).
If the child is a boy, fill in the box for boy.
In the case of twins:

if the last birth is twins with two boys, fill in "2" in the box for "boy"
if the last birth is twins with two girls, fill in "2" in the box for "girl"
if the last birth is twins with one boy and one girl, fill in "1" in the box for "boy" and "1" in the box for "girl"
in case of triplets: similar to the above case

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of males born in the last birth.

Universe

Females age 15 to 49 who had ever given birth

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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