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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Sisters who died during childbirth (LS2006A_SISCHLD)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 303

End: 303

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h2">Section G. Women 12 to 49 years (Maternal mortality) </span></p>

<p>48. How many of these dead sisters died during childbirth?</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ Number of sisters</div>

Categories

Value	Category
0	None
1	1+
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 G of the questionnaire</span>
<br />For women aged 12 to 49 years (maternal mortality)</p>

<p>118. Column 48: How many of the dead sisters died during childbirth?</p>
<div class="i1">Enter number of dead sisters who died during childbirth after reaching the age of 15; enter 00 for no sisters or sisters who died aged less than the age of 15.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number sisters a woman has who died during childbirth.

Universe

Lesotho 2006: Women age 12 to 49 [discrepancies: type I trace; type I none]

concept

Concept

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

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