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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas,1992 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1992
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PRY_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
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Number of children dead (PY1992A_CHDEAD)

Data file: PRY1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 252
End: 253
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section IV. Population information</span></p>

<p>[Questions 19 through 21 were asked to females 14 years and above who ever had any live birth]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A435">20. How many sons and daughters born alive have died?<br /><div class="i1">____ Number of deceased children<br />[] 00 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 None
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9+
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
<svar a="all" v="PY92A434">Only for women 14 years old and older.<br /><br />The questions 18 and on refer to fertility. They will be asked only of women who are fourteen years old and older.<br /><br />Question 18: Have you had a son (or daughter) born alive?<br /><br />If she responds yes, continue asking questions 19 and on.<br /><br />If she answers no, end the interview and continue with the next person.<br /></svar></p>

<p>Question 20: How many sons (and daughters) born alive have died?</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A435">Write, with legible numbers, the number of children that were born alive and then died. You should not register those that were born dead. If none died, mark the circle that corresponds to "none".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates how many of the children ever born to a woman were no longer living at the time of the census, excluding still births.
Universe
Paraguay 1992: Females 14+ who ever had any live births [discrepancies: type I 0.8% ; type II none]

concept

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