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1998 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1998
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MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Mother alive (MW1998A_MOTHMORT)

Data file: MWI1998_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 172
End: 172
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MW98A407 MW98A408"> [Questions B8-B9 are for persons age 20 years and younger]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MW98A408">B10. Orphanhood: is [the respondent's] mother alive?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Don't know</div><br /></svar>
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person's mother is still alive.
Universe
Malawi 1998: Persons age 20 years or less [discrepancies: none]

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