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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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PRY_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Live births (PY1982A_ANYBIRTH)

Data file: PRY1982_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 238
End: 238
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Only for women 14 years of age and older</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY82A412">10. Have you had any children born alive?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Doesn't know</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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">Question 10. Have you had children born alive?</span></p>

<p>Do not forget that this question is only for women, 14 years old and older. </p>

<p>Enumerator: Previously inform the informant that a child is considered to have been born alive if the birthing occurred after the 6th month of the pregnancy, and if, upon being born, the child cried, screamed, or made any signs of life, even if they died few hours afterwards. </p>

<p><span class="pg">[P. 42]</span></p>

<p>Make an X in the corresponding box.

Description

Definition
This variable identifies whether or not a woman ever had any live births.
Universe
Paraguay 1982: Females age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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