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General Census of Population and Housing 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987
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MLI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Children ever born (ML1987A_CHBORN)

Data file: MLI1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 202
End: 203
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ML87A428 ML87A429">For women 12 years of age and older.<br />[Questions 24-25]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ML87A428">24. Total number of children ever born<br /><div class="i1">_ _</div><br /></svar>
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 describes the number of children ever born to a person.
Universe
Mali 1987: Females age 12+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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