Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 1988
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- Data files
- GHA1988-B.dat
- GHA1988-C.dat
- GHA1988-W.dat
Total number of living children including current pregnancy (B_CHSURVPLUSPG)
Data file: GHA1988-B.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
278
End:
279
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
211. Now I would like to talk to you about all of your births, whether still alive or not, starting with the first one you had. (RECORD NAMES OF ALL THE BIRTHS IN 212. RECORD TWINS ON SEPARATE LINES AND MARK WITH A BRACKET.)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 00 | 0 |
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 18 | 18 |
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
CHSURVPLUSPG (V219) reports the woman's total number of living children, including her current pregnancy.
CHSURVPLUSPG takes the value of CHEBALIVE (V218) and adds 1 if the respondent is pregnant.
CHSURVPLUSPG takes the value of CHEBALIVE (V218) and adds 1 if the respondent is pregnant.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Fertility Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |