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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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Any sisters (DO2002A_SISTERS)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 314
End: 314
Width: 1
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>61. How many sisters from the same mother has [the respondent] had that have reached 12 years old? If any, indicate the number; if not, fill the oval box and skip to question 64.</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ Sisters<br />[] None</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 None
1 One or more
8 Unknown
9 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 61: How many sisters of 12 years of age from the same mother has (NAME) had?</span></p>

<p>Record the number of sisters from the same mother that the interviewee has had and that they are twelve years of age or older. In case that the interviewee had sisters that died when they were 12 years old or older, you should count them too.
<br />If the interviewee answered "None", fill in the correct bubble and then skip to question 64.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates that a person has one or more sisters.
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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