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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Total number of living children, truncated at 6+ (B_CHEBALIVETRUNC)

Data file: CMR1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 337
End: 337
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
203) How many sons live with you?
How many daughters live with you?

IF 'NONE,' RECORD '00'.

SONS AT HOME: ___
DAUGHTERS AT HOME: ___
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6+
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.

Description

Definition
CHEBALIVETRUNC (V220) reports the woman's total number of living children (including current pregnancy), truncated at 6 or more children. This variable is a grouping of CHSURVPLUSPG (V219) truncated at 6+ children.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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