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

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Location where last child was born (NI2005A_BIRTHLOC)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 298
End: 298
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 In a health establishment
2 In a private home
3 In another place
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
<svar v="NI05A443 NI05A444 NI05A445 NI05A446 NI05A447 NI05A448 NI05A449 NI05A450 NI05A451 NI05A452 NI05A453 NI05A454 NI05A455"><span class="h2">For females age 13 or older (Questions 32-38)</span><br /><br />This information is extremely important and should therefore be answered directly by each girl or woman as much as possible.<br /><br /><span class="h3">Definitions:</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Live-born</span><br />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.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI05A453"><span class="em">Question 36. Where was the last live-born child delivered?</span><br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the informant gives the name of a public or private health center, clinic or hospital, mark option 1, "In a health-care facility".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the location where the person gave birth to last child.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Females age 13+ who had live-born children [discrepancies: none]

concept

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