General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Male births since the Korite (SN1988A_NAISMAS)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 225

End: 225

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="SN88A424 SN88A425">[For women aged 12-54]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SN88A424 SN88A425">P22. Fertility<br /><div class="i1">Number of births since the Korite [a Muslim festival]:</div><br /><div class="i2">Males: _____________<br />Females: ___________</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
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="SN88A424 SN88A425">P22) Births since the (<span class="lang">Korite</span>)<br />This question applies only to women aged 12 to 54 years, that is, those who were born before 1977 and after 1933.<br /><br />Record the number of live births of each gender that the woman has had during the period from the Korite to the date of your visit in the household. A child is said to be born alive when he or she has shown any sign of life at birth (cry of the child, breathing, heart beating, etc.).<br /> <br />Do not forget the births that were followed by a death, that the women tend to omit, for voluntary or involuntary reasons, because or taboos or prohibitions inherent in various superstitions.<br /><br /><div class="i1">If the woman has had no live births, write "0" in the box for males and "0" in the box for females.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of males born since the Korite (in the past 12 months).

Universe

Senegal 1988: Females age 12 to 54 [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 1.5%]

concept

Concept

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

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