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National Population and Housing Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1988
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HND_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Ever had children born alive (HN1988A_CHILD)

Data file: HND1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 271
End: 271
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="HN88A433 HN88A434 HN88A435 HN88A436 HN88A437 HN88A438 HN88A439 HN88A440 HN88A441 HN88A442 HN88A443 HN88A444 HN88A445 HN88A446"><span class="h3">For women 12 years of age and older</span><br />[Questions 26-30 were asked of female aged 12 years or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HN88A433"><span class="em">26. Have you had any children born alive?</span><br /><div class="i1">(Whether now alive or dead)<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No (end of interview)<br />[] 3 Doesn't know (end of interview)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="em">26. Have you had any children born alive? (whether currently alive or having passed away)</span></p>

<p><span class="ital">Child born alive</span>: A child born alive is one who, after birth, breathed or manifested any other sign of life, even if passing away immediately thereafter.</p>

<p>If the answer is "no" or "does not know", the enumerator will end the interview and continue with the next person.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the woman had children born alive.
Universe
Honduras 1988: Females age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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