National Census. Seventh Census of Population Third Census of Dwellings 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995

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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Certificate from Ministry of Health, if child born in last 5 years (NI1995A_0446)

Data file: NIC1995-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 249

End: 249

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For women age 14 or older
[Questions 19-25 were asked of women age 14 or older]

24. If the woman's last child was born in the last five years, was a birth certificate obtained from MINSA?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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

Questions only for women who are age 14 or older
This series of questions will only be asked of women age 14 or older. For the case of all of the females younger than 14 and all males of any age, you will annul the questions from 19 to 25 by making a diagonal line through each of the boxes.

Question 24: If the woman's last child was born in the last five years, was a birth certificate obtained from MINSA?
You should only note "Yes" if MINSA provided a certificate at the moment of birth of the person's last live-born child.

If the informant or you are not clear to which child this refers to, verify this with question 22 in which you note the date of birth of the last son or daughter who was born alive.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the child born within last 5 years has birth certificate from Ministry of Health.

Universe

Females age 14+, whose last live-born child was born during last 5 years

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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