1998 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1998

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Reference ID

MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Relationship to household head (MW1998A_RELATE)

Data file: MWI1998_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 163

End: 163

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MW98A402">B3. Relationship to head of household<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Head<br />[] 2 Wife/husband<br />[] 3 Son/daughter<br />[] 4 Other relative<br />[] 5 Non-relative<br />[] 6 Institutional member</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Head
2	Wife / husband
3	Biological son / daughter
4	Other relative
5	Non-relative
6	Institutional member

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 the relationship of the person to the household head.

Universe

Malawi 1998: All persons

concept

Concept

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