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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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  • SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Number of male children born in last 12 months still alive (SL2015A_BTHLYRSURVM)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 314
End: 314
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p><span class="em"> Females 10-54 years [Questions P38-P40]</span></p>

<p>P40. How many of the live births did [the respondent] have during the past 12 months that are still alive?</p>
<div class="i1">Only if live births occurred per question P38<br /><br />If no child is alive, write '0'<br /><br />_ _ P40M. Male child(ren) alive<br />_ _ P40F. Female child(ren) alive</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2+
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="h2">Section 2: Population characteristics</span></p>

<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>

<p><span class="em">Columns (P38M) to (P40F) -- Particulars of most recent live birth (last 12 months). </span>
<br />178. These columns must be completed for all women aged between 10 to 54 years who have at least one live birth recorded in P34M and P34F.</p>

<p>179. If each of columns (P34M) to (P37F) contains "00", put a dash in P38M to P40F.</p>

<p><span class="em">P40M and P40 F -- Child survival</span>
<br />185. This question is only asked for births in the last 12 months. Ask if the child(ren) born to (Name) in the last 12 months is/are alive'? If the answer is "Yes" Ask how many of the males in P40M and females in P40F are still alive. Record the number of males still alive in P40M and females still alive in P40F.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of male children born in the last 12 months still alive.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Females age 10 to 54 in occupied private households who gave birth in last 12 months [discrepancies: none]

concept

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