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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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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Sex (GT1973A_SEX)

Data file: GTM1973_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 188
End: 188
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="GT73A415">3. Sex<br /><div class="i1">Are you male or female?<br /><br />[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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 3: sex</span></p>

<p><span class="ital">1. How to ask the question:</span>
<br />Ask, "Are you a man or a woman?"</p>

<p><span class="ital">2. How to record the answer:</span>
<br />Mark an "X" in the appropriate box.</p>

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

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the gender of the person.
Universe
Guatemala 1973: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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