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Mainstage Variable

lchsxfh

Sex of non-resident, deceased or stillborn biological child, or biological resid

Datafile

Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

fertilityhistory_w15.lchsxfh

Question label:

Child's sex

Question text:

[Are/Were] they a boy or a girl?

Question universe:

if [ANNUALFERTILITYHISTORY.NBORNLWB > 0 | LPRNTADP2 = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.NNATCH > 0] // Has had biological child(ren) or R has biological children in household
And if [LNPRNT2 > 0] // Has biological children
And if [(LChLvfh = 2|3|4) | (LChNoFH = 99|DK|REF|MIS) |LChChkFH = 2] // Child is no longer living with respondent or has died/stillborn or resident child not identified

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-85228.57%
Boy16032.97%
Girl27038.46%
Total182100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8452539.99%
refusal-2250.22%
don't know-190.08%
Boy1334029.52%
Girl2341530.18%
Total11314100.0%

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