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Fourth National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 1990
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CHN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Relationship to the head of household (CN1990A_RELATE)

Data file: CHN1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 159
End: 159
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CN90A401">2. Relationship to head of household:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Head of household<br />[] 2 Spouse<br />[] 3 Child<br />[] 4 Grandchild<br />[] 5 Parent<br />[] 6 Grandparent<br />[] 7 Other relative<br />[] 8 Non-relative</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Head of household
2 Spouse
3 Child
4 Grandchild
5 Parent
6 Grandparent
7 Other relative
8 Non-relative
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
<svar a="all" v="CN90A401">2. <span class="em">Relationship to household head</span> -- The first person of a household should be household head, and circle "1". For other members, circle the answers according to his/her relationship to household head. If the respondent is not the household head, do not circle answers based on respondent's relationship with other household members.<br /><br />In the standard answers listed, "children" include child-in-law. "grandchildren" includes grandchild-in-law, great-grand-child and great-grand-child-in-law. "Parents" includes parents-in-law. "Grand-parents" includes great-grand-parent. "Other relatives" includes siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, and cousin-in-law. "Non-relatives" includes baby-sitter, colleagues, classmates, and others who are not related to household head. The first person in an institutional household is the household head, and circle "1". For other members, circle "Non-relatives".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates respondent's relationship to the head of household.
Universe
China 1990: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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