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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Children ever born (SR2012A_CHBORN)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 233
End: 234
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Women aged 15 to 64</span>
<br />[Questions P46 - P49 were asked of women aged 15 to 64.]</p>

<p>P46. How many children has this woman given birth to that were born alive? How many sons and how many daughters?</p>
<div class="i1">If none, enter a zero (0) in each box and proceed with next person<br /><br />____ Total<br />____ Daughters<br />____ Sons<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
00
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12+
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the total number of children ever born to a woman.
Universe
Suriname 2012: Females age 15 to 64 [discrepancies: type I 0.3%; type II none]

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