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RECOGNITION

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Definition:
Recognition refers to a judicial statement authorising the civil registrar to enter in the register the last name of the father, given to a child born out of wedlock whose birth record has been made previously.

Source Publication:
Handbook of Vital Statistics Systems and Methods, Volume 1: Legal, Organisational and Technical Aspects, United Nations Studies in Methods, Glossary, Series F, No. 35, United Nations, New York 1991.

Statistical Theme: Demographic and population statistics

Created on Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Last updated on Wednesday, January 4, 2006