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1979 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1979
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KEN_1979_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, IPUMS
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Data file: KEN1979_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 1033769
Variables: 61

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
RELATE
Relationship to household head [general version]
RELATED
Relationship to household head [detailed version]
AGE
Age
AGE2
Age, grouped into intervals
SEX
Sex
MARST
Marital status [general version]
MARSTD
Marital status [detailed version]
CHBORN
Children ever born
CHSURV
Children surviving
LASTBMO
Month of last birth
LASTBSEX
Sex of last birth
CHDEAD
Number of children dead
CHDEADFEM
Number of female children dead
CHDEADMALE
Number of male children dead
MORTMOT
Mortality status of mother
MORTFAT
Mortality status of father
HOMECHILD
Number of own children in household
HOMEFEM
Number of own female children in household
HOMEMALE
Number of own male children in household
AWAYCHILD
Number of own children living elsewhere
AWAYFEM
Number of own female children living elsewhere
AWAYMALE
Number of own male children living elsewhere
NATIVITY
Nativity status
BPLCOUNTRY
Country of birth
CITIZEN
Citizenship
NATION
Country of citizenship
BPLKE
District of birth, Kenya
SCHOOL
School attendance
EDATTAIN
Educational attainment, international recode [general version]
EDATTAIND
Educational attainment, international recode [detailed version]
YRSCHOOL
Years of schooling
EDUCKE
Educational attainment, Kenya
MIGRATE1
Migration status, 1 year
MIGCTRY1
Country of residence 1 year ago
GEOMIG1_1
1st subnational geographic level of residence 1 years prior to survey, world [consistent boundaries over time]
MIG1_1_KE
Province of residence 1 year ago, Kenya; consistent boundaries, GIS
MIG2_1_KE
District of residence 1 year ago, Kenya; consistent boundaries, GIS
KE1979A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
KE1979A_RELATE
Relationship to head
KE1979A_SEX
Sex
KE1979A_AGE
Age
KE1979A_BPL
Birthplace
KE1979A_PREVRES
District or country of residence in August 1978
KE1979A_SCHOOL
School attendance
KE1979A_EDATTAN
Educational attainment
KE1979A_ALIVEPA
Father alive
KE1979A_ALIVEMA
Mother alive
KE1979A_MARST
Marital status
KE1979A_HOMEMALE
Male children at home
KE1979A_HOMEFEM
Female children at home
KE1979A_AWAYMALE
Male children away
KE1979A_AWAYFEM
Female children away
KE1979A_DEADMALE
Male children died
KE1979A_DEADFEM
Female children died
KE1979A_LBMONTH
Month of last birth
KE1979A_LBSEX
Sex of last born child
KE1979A_CHBORN
Children ever born
KE1979A_CHSURV
Children surviving
KE1979A_PERWT
Person weight [IPUMS constructed]
Total: 61
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