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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Total number of boys born alive (ZA2016A_CHBORNM)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 352
End: 353
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.8] Fertility </span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you questions about your biological children.</p>

<p>[3.7.8.9] How many children has the respondent ever given birth to that were born alive? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _</p>

<p>[3.7.8.10] How many are boys? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Categories
Value Category
00
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9+
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 reports the number of boys ever born to the woman.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Females age 12 to 50 who ever gave birth [discrepancies: none]

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