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III Housing Census and VIII Population Census of 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1973
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GTM_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Mother is alive (GT1973A_ORPHAN)

Data file: GTM1973_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">A - Personal characteristics</span>
<br />(For all individuals)</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT73A418">6. Orphanhood condition<br /><div class="i1">Is your mother alive?<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, the mother is alive
2 No
9 Unknown
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
<span class="em">A) Personal characteristics (for all persons)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 6: death of mother</span></p>

<p><span class="ital">1. How to ask the question:</span>
<br />Ask, "Is your mother alive?"</p>

<p><span class="ital">2. How to record the answer:</span>
<br />If the mother of the enumerated person is alive on the census date, mark an "X" in the "yes" box. If the mother has died, mark an "X" in the box "no" box.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 67]</span></p>

<p>The "unknown" box is for those cases where the respondent does not know if the mother of a household member is alive or not.</p>

<p><span class="ital">3. Example:</span>
<br />[This box contains question 6 of the section VI, "people in the census household."]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's mother is alive.
Universe
Guatemala 1973: All persons

concept

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