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Vital Events Definitions and Recommended Topics

Understand definitions of vital events like live births, deaths, marriages, and recommended statistical topics for detailed data collection. Topics include characteristics of events, persons involved, and statistical variables.

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Vital Events Definitions and Recommended Topics

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  1. Definitions of vital events and recommended topics

  2. Definitions of vital events • Live births events proper • Live births • Deaths • Foetal deaths • Dual events • Marriages • Judicial separation • Divorces • Annulments • Vertical family events • Adoptions • Legitimation • Recognition

  3. Definitions of vital events - proper • Live births • Extraction or expulsion • Product of conception • Breathes or shows evidence of life • Duration of pregnancy irrelevant • Foetal deaths • Death prior to the complete expulsion • “early foetal deaths” – less than 20 weeks • “intermediate foetal deaths” – 20 – 28 weeks • “late foetal deaths” – 28 weeks or more • Deaths • Permanent disappearance of life after live birth

  4. Definitions of dual vital events • Marriage • Act, ceremony, process • Legal relationship • Civil, religious or other • Judicial separation • Disunion of married couple • Divorce • Final dissolution of a marriage • Annulment • Invalidation or voiding of a marriage • Never been married to each other

  5. Definitions of vertical vital events • Adoption • Legal and voluntary taking and treating a child as one’s one • Legitimation • Formally investing a person with the status of child born in wedlock • Recognition • Legal acknowledgment of the maternity and paternity of the child

  6. Core topics for vital statistics • Topics • Refer to characteristics of the: • event • persons involved (child, parents …) • Essentially statistical variables • Difference between topics form civil registration and other sources • Recommended • Additional • Direct • Derived

  7. Recommended topics – Live births • Characteristics of the event • Date of occurrence • Date of registration • Place of occurrence • Locality of occurrence • Urban/rural • Place of registration • Type of birth (single, twin ..) • Attendant at birth Legend: Direct topic Derived topic

  8. Recommended topics – Live births (continued) • Characteristics of the new born • Sex • Weight at birth

  9. Recommended topics – Live births (continued) • Characteristics of the mother • Date of birth • Age • Marital status • Child born in wedlock • Educational attainment • Place of usual residence • Locality of residence • Urban/rural residence • Duration of residence at usual place • Place/country of birth • Migrant status

  10. Recommended topics – Live births (continued) • Characteristics of the mother (continued) • Children born alive to mother during her entire lifetime • Birth order or parity • Foetal deaths to mother during her entire lifetime • Date of last previous live birth • Interval since previous live birth • Date of marriage • Duration of marriage

  11. Recommended topics – Live births (continued) • Characteristics of the father • Date of birth • Age • Marital status • Educational attainment • Place of usual residence • Locality of residence • Urban/rural residence

  12. Recommended topics – Deaths • Characteristics of the event • Date of occurrence • Date of registration • Place of occurrence • Locality of occurrence • Urban/rural • Place of registration • Certifier • Type of certification

  13. Recommended topics – Deaths • Characteristics of the decedent • Date of birth • Age • Sex • Marital status • Place of usual residence • Place of usual residence of the mother (for deaths under 1 year of age) • Locality of residence • Urban/rural residence

  14. Recommended topics – Foetal deaths • Characteristics of the event • Date of occurrence (of foetal delivery) • Date of registration • Place of occurrence • Locality of occurrence • Urban/rural • Place of registration • Certifier • Type of certification • Characteristics of the foetus • Sex

  15. Recommended topics – Foetal deaths (continued) • Characteristics of the mother • Date of birth • Age • Children born alive to mother during her entire lifetime • Birth order or parity • Foetal deaths to mother during her entire lifetime • Date of last previous live birth • Interval since previous live birth • Date of marriage • Duration of marriage • Place of usual residence • Locality of residence • Urban/rural residence

  16. Recommended topics – Foetal deaths (continued) • Characteristics of the father • Date of birth • Age • Place of usual residence • Locality of residence • Urban/rural residence

  17. Recommended topics – Marriages • Characteristics of the event • Date of occurrence • Date of registration • Place of occurrence • Locality of occurrence • Urban/rural • Place of registration • Characteristics of the bride and groom (separately) • Date of birth • Age • Place of usual residence • Locality of residence • Urban/rural residence

  18. Recommended topics – Divorces • Characteristics of the event • Date of occurrence • Date of registration • Place of occurrence • Locality of occurrence • Urban/rural • Place of registration

  19. Recommended topics – Divorces (continued) • Characteristics of the divorcees (husband and wife (separately) • Date of birth • Age • Date of marriage • Duration of marriage • Place of usual residence • Locality of residence • Urban/rural residence

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