Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981

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Reference ID

BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Number of children ever born alive (BW1981A_CHBORN)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 180

End: 181

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">(Fertility-females, 12 years and over),<br />[Questions 16 through 19 were asked of all present residents female aged 12+]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">16. How many children have been born alive to (the person)?</span><div class="i1">_________</div>

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+
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 indicates the number of children born alive to the person.

Universe

Botswana 1981: Present resident females age 12+ [discrepancies: type I 63.3%; type II none]

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