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class Chbornm : public Editor {
public:
Chbornm(VarPointer varInfo) : Editor(varInfo) {}
void edit() {
long a = getRecoded();
switch (dataSet) {
case dataset_id::ke1989a: {
if (KE1989A_0417() < 98 && KE1989A_0419() < 98 && KE1989A_0421() < 98)
a = KE1989A_0417() + KE1989A_0419() + KE1989A_0421();
else
a = 98;
if (KE1989A_0417() == 99 && KE1989A_0419() == 99 && KE1989A_0421() == 99)
a = 99;
if (a > 30 && a < 98)
a = 30;
if (KE1989A_0429() == 0)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::tz1988a: {
if (TZ1988A_0420() < 98 && TZ1988A_0422() < 98 && TZ1988A_0430() < 98)
a = TZ1988A_0420() + TZ1988A_0422() + TZ1988A_0430();
if (TZ1988A_0420() == 98 || TZ1988A_0422() == 98 || TZ1988A_0430() == 98)
a = 98;
if (TZ1988A_0420() == 99)
a = 99;
if (a > 30 && a < 98)
a = 30;
} break;
case dataset_id::tz2002a: {
if (TZ2002A_0422() < 98 && TZ2002A_0424() < 98 && TZ2002A_0426() < 98)
a = TZ2002A_0422() + TZ2002A_0424() + TZ2002A_0426();
if (TZ2002A_0422() == 98 || TZ2002A_0424() == 98 || TZ2002A_0426() == 98)
a = 98;
if (TZ2002A_0422() == 99 || TZ2002A_0424() == 99 || TZ2002A_0426() == 99)
a = 99;
if (a > 30 && a < 98)
a = 30;
} break;
case dataset_id::jm2001a: {
if (JM2001A_0401() == 2 && JM2001A_0404() >= 14 && JM2001A_0404() <= 49 &&
JM2001A_0479() == 99)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::id1995a: {
a = ID1995A_0463() + ID1995A_0465() + ID1995A_0467();
if (ID1995A_0463() == 99 && ID1995A_0465() == 9 && ID1995A_0467() == 9)
a = 99;
if (ID1995A_0462() == 2)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::ng2006a: {
if (NG2006A_0492() < 98 && NG2006A_0494() < 98 && NG2006A_0496() < 98)
a = NG2006A_0492() + NG2006A_0494() + NG2006A_0496();
else
a = 98;
if (NG2006A_0492() == 99 && NG2006A_0494() == 99 && NG2006A_0496() == 99)
a = 99;
if (a > 10 && a < 98)
a = 10;
} break;
case dataset_id::ng2007a: {
if (NG2007A_0486() < 98 && NG2007A_0488() < 98 && NG2007A_0490() < 98)
a = NG2007A_0486() + NG2007A_0488() + NG2007A_0490();
else
a = 98;
if (NG2007A_0486() == 99 && NG2007A_0488() == 99 && NG2007A_0490() == 99)
a = 99;
if (a > 10 && a < 98)
a = 10;
} break;
case dataset_id::zm2000a: {
if (ZM2000A_0461() == 99 && ZM2000A_0403() == 2 && ZM2000A_0404() > 12)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::zm2010a: {
if (ZM2010A_0456() < 99 && ZM2010A_0458() < 99 && ZM2010A_0460() < 99)
a = ZM2010A_0456() + ZM2010A_0458() + ZM2010A_0460();
else
a = 98;
if (ZM2010A_0456() == 99 && ZM2010A_0458() == 99 && ZM2010A_0460() == 99)
a = 99;
if (ZM2010A_0456() == 99 && ZM2010A_0455() == 2)
a = 0;
if (a > 10 && a < 98)
a = 10;
} break;
case dataset_id::et1984a: {
a = ET1984A_0422() + ET1984A_0424() + ET1984A_0426();
if (ET1984A_0422() == 99 || ET1984A_0424() == 99 || ET1984A_0426() == 99)
a = 99;
if (ET1984A_0422() == 98 || ET1984A_0424() == 98 || ET1984A_0426() == 98)
a = 98;
if (a > 9 && a < 98)
a = 9;
} break;
case dataset_id::et1994a: {
a = ET1994A_0423() + ET1994A_0425() + ET1994A_0427();
if (ET1994A_0423() == 99 || ET1994A_0425() == 99 || ET1994A_0427() == 99)
a = 99;
if (ET1994A_0423() == 98 || ET1994A_0425() == 98 || ET1994A_0427() == 98)
a = 98;
if (a > 8 && a < 98)
a = 8;
} break;
case dataset_id::et2007a: {
a = ET2007A_0424() + ET2007A_0426() + ET2007A_0428();
if (ET2007A_0424() == 99 || ET2007A_0426() == 99 || ET2007A_0428() == 99)
a = 99;
if (ET2007A_0424() == 98 || ET2007A_0426() == 98 || ET2007A_0428() == 98)
a = 98;
if (a > 9 && a < 98)
a = 9;
} break;
case dataset_id::ir2011a: {
if (IR2011A_0446() == 99 && IR2011A_0444() < 3)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::hn1988a: {
if (HN1988A_0442() == 99 && HN1988A_0436() == 2)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::ls1996a: {
if (LS1996A_0427() == 99 && LS1996A_0429() == 99 && LS1996A_0431() == 99)
a = 99;
else
a = LS1996A_0427() + LS1996A_0429() + LS1996A_0431();
if (a > 6 && a < 99)
a = 6;
} break;
case dataset_id::zw2012a: {
if (ZW2012A_0440() < 98 && ZW2012A_0442() < 98 && ZW2012A_0444() < 98)
a = ZW2012A_0440() + ZW2012A_0442() + ZW2012A_0444();
else
a = 98;
if (a > 5 && a < 98)
a = 5;
if (ZW2012A_0440() == 99 && ZW2012A_0442() == 99 && ZW2012A_0444() == 99)
a = 99;
if ((ZW2012A_0440() == 99 && ZW2012A_0442() == 99 &&
ZW2012A_0444() == 99) &&
ZW2012A_0439() == 2)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::gt1994a: {
if (GT1994A_0430() == 99 && GT1994A_0401() >= 12 && GT1994A_0402() == 2)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::gt2002a: {
if (GT2002A_0430() == 99 && GT2002A_0404() >= 12 && GT2002A_0403() == 2)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::np2011a: {
if (NP2011A_0436() == 99 && NP2011A_0429() == 2)
a = 0;
if (NP2011A_0436() == 99 && NP2011A_0429() == 8)
a = 98;
} break;
case dataset_id::tg1960a: {
if (TG1960A_0418() == 0 && TG1960A_0408() < 10)
a = 99;
} break;
case dataset_id::la2005a: {
if (LA2005A_0423() == 2 && LA2005A_0402() == 2 && LA2005A_0403() > 14 &&
LA2005A_0403() < 50)
a = 0;
if (LA2005A_0423() == 2 &&
(LA2005A_0402() == 1 || LA2005A_0403() < 15 || LA2005A_0403() > 49))
a = 99;
if (LA2005A_0423() == 1 && LA2005A_0424() < 9 && LA2005A_0426() < 9 &&
LA2005A_0428() < 9)
a = LA2005A_0424() + LA2005A_0426() + LA2005A_0428();
if (a >= 5 && a < 99)
a = 5;
if (LA2005A_0423() == 1 && (LA2005A_0424() == 99 ||
LA2005A_0426() == 99 || LA2005A_0428() == 99))
a = 98;
if (LA2005A_0423() == 8)
a = 98;
if (LA2005A_0423() == 9)
a = 99;
} break;
case dataset_id::za2016a: {
if (ZA2016A_0479() == 99 && ZA2016A_0471() == 2)
a = 0;
} break;
}
setData(a);
}
};
Description
CHBORNM indicates the number of male children ever born to a woman. Only live births are counted.
Comparability — Index
Comparability — General
CHBORNM does not pose any problem of comparability apart from differing universes. Some samples limit the question to ever-married females. Other samples have differing age constraints on respondents. Some samples are also implicitly or explicitly top-coded.
For the number of female children ever born, see CHBORNF; or for all children, CHBORN.
Comparability — Benin [top]
The 1992 sample is top-coded at 12+ children, while 2002 and 2013 at 13+ children.
Comparability — Botswana [top]
The 2001 sample is top-coded at 10+.
Comparability — Burkina Faso [top]
The universe changes over time. In the 1996 sample, the question is asked of female household residents age 12 and older. In the 2006 sample, the question is asked of women age 10 and older.
Comparability — Cambodia [top]
The data are top-coded at 10 or more children in 2004, 9 or more children in 2013, and 11 or more children in 2019.
Comparability — Côte d'Ivoire [top]
The 1998 sample is top-coded at 9+.
Comparability — Dominican Republic [top]
The age universe goes from 12 or older in 1981 to 15 or older in the later samples.
Comparability — Ethiopia [top]
In all samples the number of children is calculated from multiple input variables. Only long-form respondent women (20%) were asked the question in 2007.
Comparability — Guatemala [top]
The 1981 sample has a universe of females age 15+, while the 1994 to 2002 samples have the same universe of females age 12 and older.
Data from the 2002 sample are top-coded at 13+ children.
Comparability — Guinea [top]
The 1996 sample is top-coded at 13+ male children, and the 2014 sample is top-coded at 12+ male children.
Comparability — Honduras [top]
The 1988 sample is top-coded at 12+ children.
Comparability — Indonesia [top]
Universes vary across samples with respect to age and marital status. The 1995 variable was constructed from three separate variables including number of sons at home, number of sons living away from home, and number of sons who have died. Those data are preserved in the unharmonized variables. The 1990 and 2010 samples are top-coded whereas the 1995 sample is not.
Comparability — Iran [top]
In both the 2006 and 2011 census, questions about fertility were asked of ever-married women only. The 2011 sample is top-coded at 13+.
Comparability — Jamaica [top]
The census question was only asked of female age 14 to 49.
Comparability — Kenya [top]
The 1989 data are constructed from separate responses for number of dead male children, number living away from the household, and number present in the household.
Comparability — Laos [top]
The data are constructed from separate responses for number of dead male children, number living outside from the household, and number living in the household. Top-codes differ across samples: 5 or more children in 1995 and 2005; 6 or more children in 2015.
Comparability — Lesotho [top]
The integrated variable in 1996 is constructed from male children at home, away, and dead. The 1996 sample is top-coded at 6+ children and the 2006 sample at 8+ children.
Comparability — Malawi [top]
The age universe goes from 10 or older in 1987 to 12 or older in the later samples. Visitors in 2008 were not asked the question.
Comparability — Mozambique [top]
In 1997 the universe is limited to female residents between 12 and 50. In 2007, the universe is female residents 12 or older.
Comparability — Myanmar [top]
The 2014 sample is top-coded at 9+ male children.
Comparability — Nepal [top]
The census question was asked only of ever-married women age 15 to 49 years old. The top-code is 10+ children.
Comparability — Nicaragua [top]
There is an age difference in the universes for the 1995 and 2005 samples. In 1995 the question was asked of females age 14+, and in 2005 it was asked of females age 13+.
Comparability — Pakistan [top]
The census question was asked only of ever-married women.
Comparability — Papua New Guinea [top]
The top-code is 8+ children in 1980 and 10+ children in 2000.
Comparability — Rwanda [top]
The data in 2012 are top-coded at 12+ children.
Comparability — Senegal [top]
The 2002 sample is top-coded at 12+ male children, and the 2013 sample is top-coded at 11+ male children.
Comparability — Sierra Leone [top]
The 2004 and the 2015 samples are top-coded at 12+. The 2015 sample is top-coded at 13+ for children in private households only.
Comparability — South Africa [top]
In 2001-2007 and 2016, the census question was only asked of females age 12 to 50. In 2011, only females in private households were asked this question.
The 2016 sample is top-coded at 9+ male children.
Comparability — South Sudan [top]
The question is asked of women age 12 to 54 and is top-coded at 12 children or more.
Comparability — Sudan [top]
The census question was asked only of ever-married women.
Comparability — Suriname [top]
The 2004 sample is top-coded at 8+ male children or more.
Comparability — Tanzania [top]
In the 1988 and 2002 samples, the number of children is calculated from multiple input variables. In 2002, each of those variables has a top code affecting a small number of cases, and CHBORNM underestimates the true value for those women. See the unharmonized source variables to identify the affected cases. The 2012 sample is top-coded at 13.
Comparability — Togo [top]
There age universe differs between samples. The 1960 census asked the question of all females, but IPUMS imposes an age universe of 10+. The 1960 source variable is unaltered.
The data in 2010 have a top-code of 11+ male children.
Comparability — Trinidad and Tobago [top]
The 2011 sample is top-coded at 7+.
Comparability — Uganda [top]
The 2014 sample is top-coded at 12+ male children.
Comparability — Vietnam [top]
The 2019 data are constructed from separate responses for number of male children living in the household, living elsewhere, and dead. The 2019 data are top-coded at 3 or more children.
Comparability — Zambia [top]
The universe differs slightly across samples. All samples restrict the universe to women age 12 or older, but the 2010 sample asked the question to women who were present household members or visitors only, excluding absent household members. The 1990 and 2000 enumeration instructions indicate that this question should have been asked only of present household members and visitors, but male children ever born is reported for almost all absent household members; they are included in the universe.
Comparability — Zimbabwe [top]
For the 2012 sample, this variable is computed by summing male children at home, away, and deceased, and values are top-coded at 5+ children.
Universe
- Benin 1992: Female residents age 12+
- Benin 2002: Female residents age 10+
- Benin 2013: Female residents age 10+
- Botswana 2001: Females age 12+ except institutionalized non-residents
- Botswana 2011: Females age 12+ except institutionalized non-residents
- Brazil 2010: Females age 10+ that had live births
- Burkina Faso 1996: Female household residents age 12+
- Burkina Faso 2006: Females age 10+
- Cambodia 1998: Females age 15+
- Cambodia 2004: Females age 15+
- Cambodia 2008: Females age 15+
- Cambodia 2013: Present females age 15+
- Cambodia 2019: Females age 15+
- Cameroon 2005: Women aged 12+
- China 1990: Females age 15 to 64
- China 2000: Females age 15 to 50
- Colombia 1993: Females age 12+
- Colombia 2005: Females age 12+
- Côte d'Ivoire 1988: Female residents age 12+
- Côte d'Ivoire 1998: Female residents age 12+
- Dominican Republic 1981: Females age 12+
- Dominican Republic 2002: Females age 15+
- Dominican Republic 2010: Females age 15+
- Ecuador 2010: Females age 12+
- El Salvador 2007: Females age 12+
- Ethiopia 1984: Resident females age 10+
- Ethiopia 1994: Resident females age 10+
- Ethiopia 2007: Long form female respondents age 10+
- Fiji 1976: Females age 15+
- Fiji 2007: Females age 15+
- Ghana 2000: Females age 12+
- Ghana 2010: Females age 12+
- Guatemala 1981: Females age 15+
- Guatemala 1994: Females age 12+
- Guatemala 2002: Females age 12+
- Guinea 1996: Resident females age 12+
- Guinea 2014: Females age 12+
- Honduras 1988: Females age 12+
- Indonesia 1990: Ever-married females age 10+
- Indonesia 1995: Ever-married females age 10 to 54
- Indonesia 2010: Females age 10+ in regular enumeration areas
- Iran 2006: Ever-married females age 10+
- Iran 2011: Ever-married females age 10+
- Iraq 1997: Ever-married females age 12+
- Jamaica 2001: Females age 14 to 49
- Kenya 1989: Females age 12+
- Kenya 1999: Females age 12+
- Kenya 2009: Females age 12+
- Kyrgyzstan 2009: Females age 15+
- Laos 1995: Females age 15-49
- Laos 2005: Females age 15-49
- Laos 2015: Females age 15-49
- Lesotho 1996: Females age 12+
- Lesotho 2006: Females age 12 to 49
- Liberia 2008: Females age 12 to 54
- Malawi 1987: Females age 10+
- Malawi 1998: Females age 12+
- Malawi 2008: Non-visitor females age 12+
- Mali 2009: Females age 12-49
- Mozambique 1997: Female residents age 12 to 50
- Mozambique 2007: Female residents age 12+
- Myanmar 2014: Ever-married women age 15+ in conventional households
- Nepal 2001: Ever-married females age 15 to 49
- Nepal 2011: Ever-married females age 15 to 49
- Nicaragua 1995: Females age 14+
- Nicaragua 2005: Females age 13+
- Pakistan 1973: Ever-married females
- Papua New Guinea 1980: Urban females age 15+
- Papua New Guinea 2000: Female citizens age 15+
- Paraguay 1982: Females age 14+
- Rwanda 1991: Non-visitor females age 12+
- Rwanda 2002: Non-visitor females age 12+
- Rwanda 2012: Non-visitor females age 12+
- Senegal 2002: Females age 12+
- Senegal 2013: Female residents age 10+ in ordinary households
- Sierra Leone 2004: Females age 10+
- Sierra Leone 2015: Females age 10+ in private households
- South Africa 2001: Females age 12 to 50
- South Africa 2007: Females age 12 to 50
- South Africa 2011: Females age 12 to 50 in private households
- South Africa 2016: Females age 12 to 50
- South Sudan 2008: Females age 12 to 54
- Sudan 2008: Ever-married females age 12 to 54
- Suriname 2004: Females age 12 to 64
- Tanzania 1988: Females age 12+
- Tanzania 2002: Females age 12+
- Tanzania 2012: Females age 12+
- Togo 1960: Females age 10+
- Togo 2010: Female residents age 12+
- Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Females age 14 to 54 in private households living in Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey 1990: Ever-married females age 12+
- Turkey 2000: Ever-married females age 12+
- Uganda 2002: Females age 12 to 54
- Uganda 2014: Females age 12 to 54
- Vietnam 2019: Females age 10 to 49
- Zambia 1990: Females age 12+
- Zambia 2000: Females age 12+
- Zambia 2010: Present member and visitor females 12+
- Zimbabwe 2012: Females age 15 to 49
Availability
- Benin: 1992, 2002, 2013
- Botswana: 2001, 2011
- Brazil: 2010
- Burkina Faso: 1996, 2006
- Cambodia: 1998, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2019
- Cameroon: 2005
- China: 1990, 2000
- Colombia: 1993, 2005
- Côte d'Ivoire: 1988, 1998
- Dominican Republic: 1981, 2002, 2010
- Ecuador: 2010
- El Salvador: 2007
- Ethiopia: 1984, 1994, 2007
- Fiji: 1976, 2007
- Ghana: 2000, 2010
- Guatemala: 1981, 1994, 2002
- Guinea: 1996, 2014
- Honduras: 1988
- Indonesia: 1990, 1995, 2010
- Iran: 2006, 2011
- Iraq: 1997
- Jamaica: 2001
- Kenya: 1989, 1999, 2009
- Kyrgyzstan: 2009
- Laos: 1995, 2005, 2015
- Lesotho: 1996, 2006
- Liberia: 2008
- Malawi: 1987, 1998, 2008
- Mali: 2009
- Mozambique: 1997, 2007
- Myanmar: 2014
- Nepal: 2001, 2011
- Nicaragua: 1995, 2005
- Nigeria: 2006, 2007
- Pakistan: 1973
- Papua New Guinea: 1980, 2000
- Paraguay: 1982
- Rwanda: 1991, 2002, 2012
- Senegal: 2002, 2013
- Sierra Leone: 2004, 2015
- South Africa: 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016
- South Sudan: 2008
- Sudan: 2008
- Suriname: 2004
- Tanzania: 1988, 2002, 2012
- Togo: 1960, 2010
- Trinidad and Tobago: 2011
- Turkey: 1990, 2000
- Uganda: 2002, 2014
- Vietnam: 2019
- Zambia: 1990, 2000, 2010
- Zimbabwe: 2012
