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National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 1980
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PNG_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Mother still alive (PG1980A_MOTHLIVE)

Data file: PNG1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 256
End: 256
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 4-14 were asked of all persons who stayed in the residence last night.]</p>

<p>14A. Is your own mother still alive?</p>
<div class="i1">Note: natural mother, not foster or step mother.<br /><br />[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="h1">Section 6 - The census questions</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Urban RNVs and rural villages</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 14 A and B</span>
<br />This question consists of two parts, A and B.</p>
<div class="i1">A. Is your own mother still alive?<br />B. If yes in 14A is she on the form for this house hold?</div><span class="em">Question 14a</span>
<br />Note that we mean a person's own mother (e.g. natural or true mother), not an adopted mother. In other words the mother who gave birth to the person.
<br />For children you can often write the answer in from the relationship given in Question 2 without asking.</p>

<p>In most cases, particularly for adults, you will have to ask the question as the mother usually will not be part of the household.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 14B</span>
<br />You only have to fill in Part B if the answer is 'yes' in Part A.
<br />This part of the question refers to the own or true mother as in A, the first part.
<br />If the true mother lives with this household just copy her person number from the top of the form and write this number in the space provided for each of her own children,
<br />If the true mother lives elsewhere just write 'no'. Adopted children usually have their own mother living elsewhere and thus should answer 'no'.
<br />If the answer to Question 14A is "Dead" (the mother is not alive) then leave part B blank.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if a person's mother is still alive.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1980: Urban persons [discrepancies: none]

concept

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