Population and Housing Census 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1998

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Reference ID

MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Mother alive (MW1998A_0408)

Data file: MWI1998-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 164

End: 164

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions B8-B9 are for persons age 20 years and younger]

B10. Orphanhood: is [the respondent's] mother alive?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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

Part B: Characteristics of Individual Household Members

2. Persons age 20 years or younger

B8 and B9. Orphan hood: Ask each person age 20 years or younger if his/her natural (biological) father or mother is still alive.
Record the survivorship status of the person's father in column B8 and that of his/her mother in column B9.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the person's mother is still alive.

Universe

Persons age 20 years or less

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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