1989 Population and Housing census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989

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KEN_1989_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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Father alive (KE1989A_FATHLIVE)

Data file: KEN1989_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 201

End: 201

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="KE89A408">P17. Is his/her father alive?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Not known</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
3	Respondent did not know
8	Unknown
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 whether the father of the individual is alive or not.

Universe

Kenya 1989: All persons, except travellers and those receiving the short questionnaire [discrepancies: none]

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