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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Years since last birth (ZA2001A_LSTTIME)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 319
End: 320
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA01A461 ZA01A462 ZA01A463 ZA01A464 ZA01A465 ZA01A466 ZA01A467 ZA01A468 ZA01A469 ZA01A470 ZA01A471 ZA01A472 ZA01A473"><span class="h2">Ask of women aged between 12 and 50 years (born between 1951 and 1989)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A467 ZA01A468 ZA01A469 ZA01A470 ZA01A471 ZA01A472 ZA01A473">P-20b. Last child born<br /><div class="i1">Write the day, month and year of the last live birth and dot the appropriate box of the sex. If multiple birth, indicate only the last child. Dot the appropriate box whether the child is still alive on Census night 9 -- 10 October. Do not count stillbirths (children born dead).<br />If (the person) has ever given live birth: When was (the person's) last child born?<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY)<br />What is the sex of that child?<br />[] M = Male<br />[] F = Female<br />Is that child alive or dead?<br />[] A = Alive<br />[] D = Dead</div><br /></svar>
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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
<svar a=" ZA01A467 ZA01A468 ZA01A469 ZA01A470 ZA01A472 ZA01A473" v="ZA01A467 ZA01A468 ZA01A469 ZA01A470 ZA01A471 ZA01A472 ZA01A473"><span class="em">Question P-20b -- Last child born</span><br />Ask this question of all women who answered "1 or more" to Question P-20, i.e. who have ever given birth to live babies.<br /><br /><span class="em">"When was (the person's) last child born?"</span><br /><br />Give date of birth: DD/ MM / YYYY<br /><br />Write in the correct boxes, i.e. day in the DD boxes, month in the MM boxes and year in the YYYY boxes.<br /><br />Give sex. Dot the correct boxes, i.e. M for male and F for female<br /><br /><span class="em">"Is that child alive or dead?"</span> Dot the correct boxes, i.e. A for alive and D for dead.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 55]</span><br /><br />There remain two more questions for everyone - travel and income. Fill in the boxes for all household members.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of years that had elapsed since giving birth.
Universe
South Africa 2001: Females ages 12 to 50 who have given birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

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