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Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 1996 - 2996
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LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Sex of last live birth (LS1996A_LSTBSEX)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 247
End: 247
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section E. For women aged 12 years and over </span></p>

<p>29. What was the sex of the last live birth?</p>
<div class="i1">Include those who were born alive and died afterwards.<br />[Enter NA if not applicable.]<br /><br />[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female<br />[] Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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="h3"><br />5. Part E of the questionnaire<br /></span>
<br />Columns 26 to 30 should be asked only of women aged 12 years and over</p>

<p>140. Column 29: Sex of the last live birth. Was it a boy or a girl?
<br />It the last live births were multiple births, enter sex of the last twin.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the sex of last live birth of this woman.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: Females age 12+ who ever gave birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

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