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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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Ever had live births (ZA2016A_CHEVER)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 337
End: 337
Width: 1
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>[3.7.8.2] Has the respondent ever given birth to a live child, even if the child died soon after birth?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the woman has given birth to a live child.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Females age 12 to 50 [discrepancies: none]

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