Sex of non-resident, deceased or stillborn biological child, or biological resid
This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 6931) and Secure Access (SN 6676) datasets.
Datafile
Index terms
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 label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 52 | 28.57% |
| Boy | 1 | 60 | 32.97% |
| Girl | 2 | 70 | 38.46% |
| Total | 182 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 4525 | 39.99% |
| refusal | -2 | 25 | 0.22% |
| don't know | -1 | 9 | 0.08% |
| Boy | 1 | 3340 | 29.52% |
| Girl | 2 | 3415 | 30.18% |
| Total | 11314 | 100.0% |
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