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Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2006
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LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Children born last year (LS2006A_BTHLYR)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 277
End: 277
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section F. Women aged 12 to 49 years (Fertility)</span></p>

<p>35. Have you ever given a live birth in the last 12 months? </p>
<div class="i1">If yes, enter how many. Enter 00 for none. <br /><br />_ _ Live births in last 12 months</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 No live birth last year
1 Yes
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="h2">Part F of the questionnaire</span>
<br />For women aged 12 to 49 years (fertility)</p>

<p>105. Column 35: Have you given birth in the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">Enter number of live births; enter 00 for no live births in the last 12 months i.e. from April 2005.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of births last year born to a woman.
Universe
Lesotho 2006: Women age 12 to 49 [discrepancies: none]

concept

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