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2010 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2010
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GHA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Female children ever born (GH2010A_CHBORNF)

Data file: GHA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 206
End: 207
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]</p>

<p>[P20a and P20b were asked for females age 12 years or older.]</p>

<p>P20a. Children ever born
<br />How many children has [the respondent] ever born alive?</p>
<div class="i1">Male _ _<br />Female _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
00
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12 or more
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of female children ever born to a woman.
Universe
Ghana 2010: Females age 12+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 17.8%]

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