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Nationala Censuses 2007: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2007
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PER_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Age at which first child was born (PE2007A_AGEBIRTH)

Data file: PER2007_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 264
End: 265
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PE07A453">25. How old were you when your last live-born child was born?<br /><div class="i1">Age in years _ _</div><br /></svar>
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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
<svar v="PE07A449 PE07A450 PE07A451 PE07A452 PE07A453"><span class="h3">For women aged 12 and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 22-25]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A453"><span class="em">Question 25: How old were you when your first child was born?</span><br />Write the respondent's age in the "Age in Years" grid.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the woman's age at which her first child was born.
Universe
Peru 2007: Females age 12+ who had at least one live-born child [discrepancies: none]

concept

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