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National Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1974
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HND_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Mother alive (HN1974A_MOTHLIVE)

Data file: HND1974_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 198
End: 198
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">A. - Personal and Geographic Characteristics (For all people resident in the dwelling)</span></p>

<p>6. Is your mother alive?</p>
<div class="i1">Mother alive<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Unknown</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Mother alive
2 Mother deceased
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="h3">A) Personal and Geographic Characteristics</span></p>

<p>This section is for all residents in the dwelling. It is intended to find out information about the composition of the population according to their relationship with the head of household, sex, age, civil status, whether the mother is alive, place of birth, year of arrival in the country, nationality, and permanent residence in 1969.</p>

<p>Ask questions 1-9 of everyone who is enumerated, without exception and according to the detailed instructions below.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question set 6: Is your/the person's mother alive?</span><div class="i1">If the mother of the person being enumerated was alive on the census date, mark an "X" in the "yes" box. If, however, the mother has died, mark an "X" in the "no" box.<br /><br />There is an "unknown" box to record instances where the respondent does not know if the mother of a member of the dwelling is alive or not.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the mother is alive.
Universe
Honduras 1974: All persons

concept

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