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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2011
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BWA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Mother alive (BW2011A_MORTMOT)

Data file: BWA2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 248
End: 248
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">A. Person Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Parental survival</span></p>

<p>12. Is [the respondent's] biological mother alive?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Respondent did not know
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.
Interviewer instructions
136. Column A11-A12: Parental survival
<br />Parental survival questions establish whether the biological parents of the person are still alive or dead. Collect information on the parental survival of the people listed on column A1. It should be made clear to the respondent the difference between biological parents and other parents like stepparents or foster parents. The need for the biological parents should be emphasized.</p>

<p>137. Column A11: Mother
<br />Q. Is the respondent's biological mother alive?
<br />Find out from the respondent if the biological mother of each and every person listed in A1 is alive or dead. If the biological mother is still alive enter code "1" in the shaded area. If the biological mother is dead enter code "2". If it is not known if the mother to the person in question is alive enter code "3" in the shaded area. You must probe thoroughly before accepting that.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's biological mother is alive.
Universe
Botswana 2011: Persons except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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