National Census. Eighth Census of Population Fourth Census of Dwellings 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005

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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Registration in civil registry office for last live-born child (NI2005A_0455)

Data file: NIC2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 265

End: 265

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 32-38 were asked of women age 13 or older]

38. Was this child registered in the Civil Registry?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

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.

Interviewer instructions

For females age 13 or older (Questions 32-38)

This information is extremely important and should therefore be answered directly by each girl or woman as much as possible.

Definitions:

Live-born
This is a child who showed some sign of life at birth (breathing, crying, muscular movement or heart beat), even if s/he later died.

Question 38. Was this child registered in the Civil Registry?

Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the last live-born child was registered in the civil registry office.

Universe

Females age 13+ who had live-born children

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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