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1999 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1999
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VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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Sons died from last birth (VN1999A_DIEDSONS)

Data file: VNM1999_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="VN99A434 VN99A435 VN99A436 VN99A437 VN99A438 VN99A439 VN99A440 VN99A441 VN99A442 VN99A443"><span class="em">Women born 4/1949 to 3/1984 (aged 15-49 years old) answer following questions:</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="VN99A438 VN99A439 VN99A440 VN99A441 VN99A442 VN99A443">20. About the last live birth:<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A442 VN99A443"><div class="i1">c. Are they still living now?</div><br /><div class="i2">_ (No. of ) sons died<br />_ (No. of) daughters died</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
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
<svar v="VN99A434 VN99A435 VN99A436 VN99A437 VN99A438 VN99A439 VN99A440 VN99A441 VN99A442 VN99A443"><span class="em">Questions 19 and 20: For women who were born between April 1949 and March 1984 only (15 to 49 years old)</span> (For women who were born in 1949 and 1984, if the month of birth "**" code in Question 4 cannot be verified, the following questions must also be asked):<br /><br />Because the subjects are women, the investigator in the sample areas must select women (preferably those who have been married)<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="VN99A438 VN99A439 VN99A440 VN99A441 VN99A442 VN99A443"><span class="em">Question 20:</span> The last time the subject gave birth<br />Only ask this question of women whose total number of children is other than "00", recorded in 19.d.<br /><br />The last childbirth (also referred to as "the most recent childbirth") of the subject is the birth closest to the time of the investigation, and is one live birth (or more than one, if twins or triplets), regardless of whether that child is alive at the time of the investigation.<br />If a woman who gave birth for the first time, it is also "the most recent childbirth".<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A442 VN99A443"><span class="ital">20.c)</span> Are the children currently alive?<br />In the appropriate box, the investigator writes down the most recent childbirth that died before the investigation. For example, a woman reports that she gave birth to boy and girl twins in the most recent childbirth, but the boy died at three months, and only the girl is currently alive, the record should show: [An example has been omitted.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of sons in the last birth who are now dead.
Universe
Vietnam 1999: Females age 15 to 49 with children ever born [discrepancies: none]

concept

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