Census of Population of Ireland, 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1991

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IRL_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Family relationship (IE1991A_FAMREL)

Data file: IRL1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 200

End: 201

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Q.3 Relationship to person listed on line 1____</p>
<div class="i1">Write as appropriate "Husband", "Wife", "Son", "Daughter", 'Visitor", "Patient", "Employee", etc. Write "Visitor" for a son, daughter, etc. who usually lives elsewhere.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Head of 1st family
02	Spouse/partner of head of 1st family
03	Child in 1st family
04	Other relative of 1st family
05	Head of 2nd family
06	Spouse/partner of head of 2nd family
07	Child in 2nd family
08	Other relative of 2nd family
12	Visitor or unrelated person
98	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's relationship to family within the household.

Universe

Ireland 1991: All persons

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Concept

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