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II Recenseamiento Geral da População e Habitação, 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 1997
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MOZ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, IPUMS
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  • MOZ1997_PHC-P-H.dat

Female children still living (MZ1997A_CHSURVF)

Data file: MOZ1997_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 282
End: 283
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 6 through 31 were asked of usual residents of the household.]</p>

<p><span class="h2">FOR WOMEN AGED 12- 50 ONLY.</span></p>

<p><span class="em">29. How many of (the person)?s children are alive?</span>
<br /> </p>
<div class="i1">____ Male <br />____ Female</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10+
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">Questions for women only from 12 to 50 years of age</span>
<br />The following questions are extremely important and at the same time very sensitive. Try to obtain accurate answers, formulating the questions clearly and correctly record the answers.
<br />Pay attention to the responses to detect whether there are inconsistencies, because the questions are interrelated.
<br />To identify women who should answer the following questions should check the age stated in P4.</p>

<p><span class="em">P29. How many children of you are currently alive?</span>
<br />Read the question, wait for the reply. This question is related to P28. The interviewee must declare the number of children of each sex who are still alive of the total she declared at P28. Write down the number stated in the space provided.
<br />Keep in mind that:</p>
<div class="i1">- You must regard all children, whatever their age and sex, whether or not living with the declarant;<br />- You should not include at this question adopted children or those who are of marriage the husband with another woman;<br />- You should not also include in this question the children born after 1 August 1997.</div><p>The completion of this question is similar to P28.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of female children born to a woman who are still living.
Universe
Mozambique 1997: Female residents of the household age 12 to 50 [discrepancies: none]

concept

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