Population Census 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1972

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Reference ID

PAK_1972_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Population Census Organization

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Living male children (pk73a_chsurvm)

Data file: PAK1973-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 190

End: 191

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Children born
(For ever married women only)

How many sons?

23. Were ever born to you? _ _

24. Are still alive? _ _

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9 or more
99	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

8.4 Number of children who are still living (Col 24)

The following questions will be asked in order to know the number of children still living. How many children, out of those born alive, are still living?

The boys still living, this will include all laps, who are either member of this household or live far away or nearby this household. The boys from the earlier marriages of women will also be included.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the total male children still alive that were born to the person.

Universe

Ever-married females

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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