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Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981
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BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Number of children dead (BW1981A_CHDEAD)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 186
End: 187
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">19. How many children are dead?</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+
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 to the person who died.
Universe
Botswana 1981: Present resident females age 12+ who have ever given birth [discrepancies: type I 73.4%; type II none]

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