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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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Number of female children in this household (SL2015A_CHHOMEF)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 301
End: 302
Width: 2
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 aged 10 years and over [Questions P34-P37]</span></p>

<p>P35. Children living in household</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ P35M. Male children living in household<br />_ _ P35F. Female children living in household</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8+
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="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 (P34M) to (P37F) -- Fertility. </span>
<br /><span class="ital">Questions P34M to P37F apply to all women aged 10 years and over. For all males and for girls aged less than 10 years, put a dash in each of these spaces as appropriate. </span></p>

<p>161. These questions must be answered for all women aged 10 years and over, irrespective of their marital status, and whatever their relationship to the head of the household is.</p>

<p><span class="em">P35F -- Female children living in household</span>
<br />169. Ask, "How many of the female children born to (name) are living in this Household?" Write the answer in column (P35F). Record '00' if she has no female child living in the household.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of female children in the household.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Females age 10+ in occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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