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National Population and Housing Census, 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 1980
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ARG_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Sex (AR1980A_SEX)

Data file: ARG1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 170
End: 170
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">C. Population</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">For all of the persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-6 were asked of all persons]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR80A401">2. Is the person male or female?<br /><div class="i1">[] Male<br />[] Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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">C. Population</span></p>

<p>Census home is a person or group of persons, related or not, who occupy the same dwelling. You will write down first the name and surname of the head of the household, then ask all the corresponding questions.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR80A401"><span class="em">2. Male or female? </span><br />You will fill out the corresponding cell.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's gender.
Universe
Argentina 1980: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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