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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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Sex of last child born (ZA2016A_LSTBSEX)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 362
End: 362
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>[3.7.8.13] Is the respondent's last child born male or female?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female<br />[] 3 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
3 Do not know
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 the sex of the woman's last child born.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Females age 12 to 50 who ever gave birth [discrepancies: none]

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