National Population, Households, and Dwellings Census, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 2001 - 2002

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Reference ID

ARG_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Jan 05, 2026

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Jan 05, 2026

Number of children ever born alive (AR2001A_CHBORN)

Data file: ARG2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 186

End: 187

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="AR01A418 AR01A419 AR01A420"> [Questions 37-40 were asked of women age 14+.] </svar>

<svar v="AR01A419 AR01A420">[Questions 38-39 were asked of women age 14+ who had children born alive, per question 37.] </svar>

<svar a="all" v="AR01A419">38. How many children have you had born alive? _ _ </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
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

<svar a="all" v="AR01A418 AR01A419 AR01A420">Starting here, women 14 years old or more answer. Questions 37 to 40 refer to fertility. You should ask these questions of all women who are 14 years old or more, regardless of whether they are single, living as a couple or not, living with their parents or not, or whether they are very young or if they are elderly women. Pay attention to the step indicated in question 40, which should only be answered by women who are between 14 and 49 years old. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of children ever born alive.

Universe

Argentina 2001: Females age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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