Variable CM2Y : Year of first birth

Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimal(s): 0
Range: 1973-9999
Valid case(s): 4216
Invalid: 1581
Minimum: 1977
Maximum: 9998

File: wm

Universe
Women who have ever given birth (CM1=1)
Source of information
Respondent

Categories

Value Category Cases
1977 3 0.1%
1978 6 0.1%
1979 17 0.4%
1980 37 0.9%
1981 34 0.8%
1982 56 1.3%
1983 69 1.6%
1984 50 1.2%
1985 78 1.9%
1986 73 1.7%
1987 78 1.9%
1988 71 1.7%
1989 58 1.4%
1990 64 1.5%
1991 69 1.6%
1992 72 1.7%
1993 83 2.0%
1994 70 1.7%
1995 76 1.8%
1996 85 2.0%
1997 111 2.6%
1998 89 2.1%
1999 118 2.8%
2000 131 3.1%
2001 170 4.0%
2002 216 5.1%
2003 214 5.1%
2004 244 5.8%
2005 278 6.6%
2006 352 8.3%
2007 321 7.6%
2008 332 7.9%
2009 309 7.3%
2010 180 4.3%
9997 Inconsistent 0 0.0%
9998 DK 2 0.0%
9999 Missing 0 0.0%
Sysmiss 1581
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.

Literal question
What was the date of your first birth? I mean the very first time you gave birth, even if the child is no longer living, or whose father is not your current partner.
Post-question
Skip to CM4 only if year of first birth is given. Otherwise, continue with CM3.
Interviewer instructions
You need to obtain the year of the woman's first birth, which means the very first time she gave birth, even if the child is no longer living, or is the child of a partner other than her current one. As with all questions about dates and ages, you may need to probe to obtain the best information. 

Ask for the child's date of birth. If she knows the exact birth date, enter the day, month and year of birth on the lines provided and continue to CM3. You will have to convert the month to a number, as you have been instructed. If the month or day contains only one digit, use a zero to fill in the first space. For example, the month of March is coded as '03'. 

If she does not know the exact birth date, ask her the day, month and year separately. Enter the information as provided. If she does not know the day, circle '98'. 

If she can give the month of birth, convert it to a number and enter it on the line provided. If she cannot give the month, probe to try to estimate the month. If you cannot estimate the child's month of birth from this information, you may need to find out in which season he/she was born. If it is still not possible to estimate the child's month of birth, circle '98' in the space for month of birth. 

If she can give a year of birth, write it in the space provided and go to CM4. If she cannot give the year of the birth, circle '9998' and continue with CM3.
Generated: OCT-19-2012 using the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit