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National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017
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Any children born alive (PE2017A_CHNONE)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 345
End: 345
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population (continued)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">27. How many total live births have you had?</span><div class="i1">Total children _ _<br /><br />[] 1 None -- Conclude the interview</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No, no children born alive
2 Yes, at least one child born alive
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">For women of 12 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 27 to 29 are asked of women age 12 or older]</p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 27: How many total live-births have you had?</span></p>

<p>If the respondent had no sons or daughters born alive during her lifetime, fill in the oval with the following option 1, "none" and conclude the interview with this person.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 73]</span></p>

<p>Remember!</p>
<div class="i1">- This question collects information on all sons and daughters that the respondent gave birth to alive regardless of who the father was.<br /><br />- Consider all children born alive, even if the child is no longer living with the mother or is no longer alive.<br /><br />- Do not consider interrupted pregnancies, if she gave birth to a stillborn child, if she has adopted children or children only from her husband.</div><span class="em">Live birth</span>: It is the child who showed signs of life at birth, such as breathing, crying or moving.

Description

Universe
Peru 2017: Females age 12+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 27.4%]

concept

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