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2001 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2001
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BWA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Number of female children born alive since Independence Day 1999 (BW2001A_BORNALIVEF)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 297
End: 298
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Fertility and child survival -- females</span></p>

<p>A31. How many children have been born alive by [the person] since Independence Day 1999?</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ Males<br />_ _ Females</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1 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.
Interviewer instructions
122. <span class="em">Columns: A31 and A32: Fertility for females 12 - 50 Years</span></p>

<p>122a. <span class="em">Column A31: Children surviving</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Q: How many children have been borne alive by [the person]since Independence Day 1999?</span></p>

<p>These columns must be completed for females aged between 12 and 50 years. For a female aged 51 or more, enter a dash in each of columns A31 and A32.</p>

<p>If the woman has not had a live birth since Independence Day, 1999, enter 0 in these columns. Otherwise enter the number of male and female children born in column A31 under male and female columns respectively. These are single-digit codes.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of female children born alive by a woman since Independence Day 2000.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Females age 12 to 49 except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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