5th Census of Population 1992 - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 1992

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Reference ID

SLV_1992_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Children born alive (SV1992A_0416)

Data file: SLV1992-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 196

End: 196

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

V. Information on members of the household

4. Women age 12 or older
[Questions 22-28 were asked of women age 12 or older]

22. Have you had children born alive?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (end the interview)

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

Females age 12 or older
This series of questions will be made exclusively to women age 12 or older. Girls under this age and all men of any age will skip questions 22 to 28, making a diagonal in each square.

22. Live births
Have you had any live births?

Live birth is understood as those boys and girls who at birth show some sign of life: breathing, crying, muscular movements or palpitations unless they died immediately. This question should be asked to all females age 12 or older. If the answer is "No", the interview ends, making a diagonal in each one of the questions 23 to 28.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the woman has ever had children born alive.

Universe

Females age 12+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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