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Yemen Arab Republic, 1979 (WFS)

The following description of this survey appeared in the 1991 edition of Dynamic Database: A Catalogue of Survey Data Files, Voorburg: International Statistical Institute.

Basic Information

  • Name of survey: Yemen Arab Republic Fertility Survey
  • Executive agency: Department of Statistics, Central Planning Organization
  • Date of fieldwork: 1979
  • Universe: Ever-married women, -50
  • Coverage: 94%
  • Size: 2605
  • Weights: Weighted
  • Contents: WFS Core Mark 1 + FOTCAF module
  • Supplementary surveys: Households (n = 14,364 households, weighted)

Additional Information

The Yemen Arab Republic Fertility Survey was carried out in the same areas as the 1975 census, thus covering about 94 per cent of the total population. The sampling frame was specially designed and made as much use as possible of existing administrative divisions. All households in selected clusters were interviewed. For the individual survey, clusters were divided into four subclusters; interviews were attempted with all eligible women in all households in one subcluster of each cluster. Female interviewers were used in selected subclusters; elsewhere, male interviewers were used. The achieved sample size for the individual survey is lower than expected because of flooding which resulted in failure to contact about 700 households.

The household schedule covers household amenities (including toilet, water, lighting and cooking facilities), mortality in the last 24 months and orphanhood questions, education and fertility. Comparison of household and individual survey data suggest appreciable omission of births from the former.

Release Conditions

Data may be used for academic research, provided that credit is given in any publication resulting from the research to the agency that conducted the survey and that two copies of any publication are sent to:

  Mr. Yahia El-Kaizal
Director
Department of Statistics
Central Planning Organization
P.O. Box 175
San'a
Yemen Arab Republic

Public Use Files

Available files include the individual standard recode data and dictionary, and the supplemental survey data and dictionary, in the original WFS format. The table below lists the file names and descriptions.

File Description File Type
yeread.me Conditions of release for the original WFS format data Ascii text file
yesr02.dat Individual standard recode data. Original WFS format Ascii text file
yesr02.dct Codebook for individual standard recode data. Original WFS format Ascii text file
yess01.dat Supplimental survey data. Original WFS format Ascii text file
yess01.dct Codebook for supplemental survey data. Original WFS format Ascii text file
yesr02h.dat Individual standard recode data. ISSA format Ascii text file
yesr02h.dic Standard ISSA dictionary for ISSA format data (ISSA program is required to use this file) Binary file (requires ISSA program to use this file)

Key References

1. Central Planning Organization, Yemen Arab Republic Fertility Survey 1979 - Volume I & Volume II, Sana'a, 1984.

2. Al-Tohamy, A-M. and I. Kalule-Sabiti, Evaluation of the Yemen Arab Republic Fertility Survey 1979, WFS Scientific Reports no 76, 1985.


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