Censos de Población y Viviendas 2011 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Spain, 2011 - 2012
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Reference ID
ESP_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística), IPUMS
Metadata
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Jan 18, 2017
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
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- Data files
- ESP2011_PHC-H-H.dat
- ESP2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Children ever born (ES2011A_CHBORN)
Data file: ESP2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
347
End:
348
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">13. If Person 1 is a woman, has she had children?</span>
<br />Consider all those that were born alive</p>
<div class="i1">[] no <br />[] yes (How many? _ _)</div>
<br />Consider all those that were born alive</p>
<div class="i1">[] no <br />[] yes (How many? _ _)</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 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
<span class="em">1.A.11 Number of children born alive</span></p>
<p>This variable summarizes the fecundity behavior of each woman throughout her life, making possible generational studies.</p>
<p>It will contain information for all women 16 years or older and will reflect the number of children born (excluding the fetal deaths and including all those that were born even though died soon after birth), during the life of the woman until the date of the Census.
<br />As it deals with measuring fecundity, adopted children will be excluded from this count.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 30]</span></p>
<p>Categories of this variable</p>
<div class="i1">0 children<br />1 child<br />2 children<br />3 or more children</div>
<p>This variable summarizes the fecundity behavior of each woman throughout her life, making possible generational studies.</p>
<p>It will contain information for all women 16 years or older and will reflect the number of children born (excluding the fetal deaths and including all those that were born even though died soon after birth), during the life of the woman until the date of the Census.
<br />As it deals with measuring fecundity, adopted children will be excluded from this count.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 30]</span></p>
<p>Categories of this variable</p>
<div class="i1">0 children<br />1 child<br />2 children<br />3 or more children</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the number of the children ever born to the female respondent.
Universe
Spain 2011: Females age 16+ who ever given birth [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |