Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997

Reference ID

IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center

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Numbe of male children still alive (IQ1997A_0414)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 217

End: 218

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

To be filled by people age 12 and older
[Applies to questions 38-45]

[Questions 42 to 45 are for married, divorced and widowed women]

44. Total number of living children

Male ____
Female ____

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11+
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

44. Total number of live children:
Recorded the number of male and female who are still live (in numbers) and those that the woman got birth to them till the census day either some of them or all of them living or not living with their mother and these two numbers must be no more than the total of the two numbers recorded in the field (34), that means that the number of births male or female in field (44) less or equals the total births male or female in field (43).

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the total number of male children still alive to whom a woman gave birth.

Universe

Females age 12+ who are married, divorced or widowed

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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