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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Month of birth of last child born alive (DO1981A_LBIRTHMO)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 302

End: 303

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For women 12 years of age and older [Applies to questions 66-72.]

D. Fertility Characteristics

67. What was the date of the birth of your last child born alive, regardless of whether this child is currently alive or dead?
<div class="i1">____ Month ____ Year</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	January
02	February
03	March
04	April
05	May
06	June
07	July
08	August
09	September
10	October
11	November
12	December
98	Unknown
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

For women 12 years of age and older

Question 67: What is the date of birth of your last child born alive, whether or not the child is currently alive?

The day, month, and year of birth of the last child born alive are recorded and the circles corresponding to the month and year are filled in.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the month of birth of the last child born alive to the person.

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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