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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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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Number of children currently alive (PE2017A_CHSURV)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 346
End: 347
Width: 2
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
00 0 children
01 1 child
02 2 children
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.
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 28: How many of your children are currently alive?</span></p>

<p>If the respondent answers that no sons and daughters are currently alive, fill in option 1, "none".

Description

Universe
Peru 2017: Females age 12+ who gave birth [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.1%]

concept

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