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General Census 2005 (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing). - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006
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COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Had children born alive (CO2005A_CHBORNY)

Data file: COL2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 371
End: 371
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO05A526 CO05A527 CO05A528 CO05A529 CO05A530 CO05A531 CO05A532 CO05A533 CO05A534 CO05A535 CO05A536"><span class="em">For women 12 years old or more</span> (generated by the DMC)<br />[Questions 55-58 were asked of women age 12+.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO05A526 CO05A527 CO05A528 CO05A529">55. Has [the respondent] had a son or daughter that was born alive? (basic)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes</div><br /><div class="i2">How many? _ _<br />How many males? _ _<br />How many females? _ _</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 2 No (Continue with Control 10)</div><br /></svar>
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
<svar a="all" v="CO05A526 CO05A527 CO05A528 CO05A529 CO05A530 CO05A531 CO05A532 CO05A533 CO05A534 CO05A535 CO05A536"><span class="em">Child born alive</span><br /><br />It is every newborn child who shows signs of live after birth, like moving, breathing or crying.<br /><br />If when being born the baby shows any of these signs and a little later died, it is a child born alive. Therefore, it should be included in the number of children had and excluded from the number of surviving children.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person had children born alive.
Universe
Colombia 2005: Females age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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