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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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Number of sisters died during childbirth (DO2002A_SISDIEN)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 318
End: 319
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For persons of 15 years old and more</span>
<br />[Questions 60-63 were asked for persons age 15+.]</p>

<p>62. Of these of sisters, how many have died? If any, indicate the number; if none fill the oval box.</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ Sisters<br />[] None</div><p>63. Of sisters who have died, how many died during pregnancy, childbirth, or risk period? If any, indicate the number, if not fill the oval box.</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ Sisters<br />[] None</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8+
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">For people age 15 or older:</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 63: Of the sisters that died, how many died during pregnancy, childbirth, or at-risk pregnancy?</span>
<br />Of the total number of sisters who died and were noted in the previous question (62), write the number of sisters who died during pregnancy, childbirth, or at-risk pregnancy.
<br />If the person responds "none", fill in the corresponding bubble.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of sisters that a person has who have died during childbirth.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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