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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Last birth still alive (LS2006A_LSTBALIVE)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 285

End: 285

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>38. Is the last child still alive? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes <br />[] No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Last-born still alive
2	Last-born dead
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>108. Column 38: Is the last child still alive.</p>
<div class="i1">Code 1 if the last-born is still alive and code 2 if the last-born is dead.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the last birth a woman had is still alive.

Universe

Lesotho 2006: Women age 12 to 49 who ever gave birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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