V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1990

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Reference ID

ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Minnesota Population Center

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Mother alive (EC1990A_0433)

Data file: ECU1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 192

End: 192

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For all individuals
[Applies to questions 1-8]

8. Is your mother still alive? Mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 9 Unknown

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes, alive
2	Not alive
9	Unknown

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

Question 8. Is the person's mother still alive?

When you ask this question, you should mention the name of the person from whom you are collecting information. For example:

If the information is being collected from the head of household: Jose Perez, and you are requesting information about his wife, Maria Leon, when you ask the question you should ask "Is the mother of Maria Leon still alive?" This will avoid confusions in the data collection.

Is the mother of _____ still alive? Mark the corresponding box.

[ ] 1 Yes
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know

For persons under six years old, the interview is complete.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the mother of the person was still alive.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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