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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 2002; Censo Nacional Indígena de Población y Viviendas, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 2002
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PRY_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
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Birth certificate (PY2002A_BTHCERT)

Data file: PRY2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Population Information</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Chapter E. For all persons.</span></p>

<p>5. Was your birth recorded in a civil registry or court; i.e., do you have a birth certificate?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Doesn't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Respondent did not know
9 Unknown
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="h3">D. List of persons</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">E. Population information for all persons</span></p>

<p>Before enumerating each of the members of the household, you should note the order number, the name and last name and relationship on the page that corresponds to each of them in the same order as chapter D (Question 28). After registering all of the persons, you should complete the information for each of them, beginning with the head of household, male or female.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 5: Do you have or did you have a birth certificate, which means, was the birth registered in the courts or the civil registry?</span></p>

<p>This allows the classification of persons whose births were noted or not noted in the office of the Civil Registry.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if a person has a birth certificate.
Universe
Paraguay 2002: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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