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VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
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DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Last child currently alive or deceased (DO1981A_LBIRLIVE)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 308
End: 308
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For women 12 years of age and older</span> [Applies to questions 66-72.]</p>

<p><span class="h3">D. Fertility Characteristics</span></p>

<p>68. Is this last child alive?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Alive<br />[] 2 Deceased<br />[] 9 Unknown</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Alive
2 Deceased
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
<span class="em">For women 12 years of age and older</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 68:</span> Is this last child alive?</p>

<p>The corresponding circle is filled in.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the last child born alive to the person is alive.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Females age 12+ who had a child born alive [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

concept

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