VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002

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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS

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Month of birth of last child born (DO2002A_LBIRTHMO)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 331

End: 332

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">For women of 15 years old and more</span>
<br />[Questions 64-67 were asked for women age 15+.]</p>

<p>66. What is the date of birth of [the respondent]'s last live-born son or daughter? </p>
<div class="i1">Month _ _<br />Year _ _ _ _</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	January
02	February
03	March
04	April
05	May
06	June
07	July
08	August
09	September
10	October
11	November
12	December
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

<span class="em">Questions 64-67 should only be asked to women who are 15 years old or older. </span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 66: In what month and year was the last child born alive of (NAME)?</span></p>

<p>Record the month and year of the birth date of the last child. </p>
<div class="i1">Use two digits to record the month. For example, 01 for January 02 for February 03 for March and so on. <br />Use four digits to record the year. For example: 1999.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the month of birth of the last child born to a woman.

Universe

Dominican Republic 2002: Females age 15+ who have given birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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