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2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 2008
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LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS
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Data file: LBR2008_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 348057
Variables: 116

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
MOMLOC
Mother's location in household
POPLOC
Father's location in household
SPLOC
Spouse's location in household
PARRULE
Rule for linking parent
SPRULE
Rule for linking spouse
STEPMOM
Probable stepmother
STEPPOP
Probable stepfather
POLYMAL
Man with more than one wife linked
POLY2ND
Woman is second or higher order wife
FAMUNIT
Family unit membership
FAMSIZE
Number of own family members in household
NCHILD
Number of own children in household
NCHLT5
Number of own children under age 5 in household
ELDCH
Age of eldest own child in household
YNGCH
Age of youngest own child in household
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]
CONSENS
Consensual union
POLYGAM
Polygamous union
CHBORN
Children ever born
CHSURV
Children surviving
CHBORNF
Number of female children ever born
CHBORNM
Number of male children ever born
CHSURVF
Number of female children surviving
CHSURVM
Number of male children surviving
LASTBSEX
Sex of last birth
BIRTHSLYR
Number of births last year
BIRTHSURV
Children surviving from births last year
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
BPLLR
County of birth, Liberia
RELIGION
Religion [general version]
RELIGIOND
Religion [detailed version]
ETHNICLR
Ethnicity, Liberia
SCHOOL
School attendance
LIT
Literacy
EDATTAIN
Educational attainment, international recode [general version]
EDATTAIND
Educational attainment, international recode [detailed version]
YRSCHOOL
Years of schooling
EDUCLR
Educational attainment, Liberia
EMPSTAT
Activity status (employment status) [general version]
EMPSTATD
Activity status (employment status) [detailed version]
LABFORCE
Labor force participation
OCCISCO
Occupation, ISCO general
OCC
Occupation, unrecoded
INDGEN
Industry, general recode
IND
Industry, unrecoded
CLASSWK
Status in employment (class of worker) [general version]
CLASSWKD
Status in employment (class of worker) [detailed version]
DISABLED
Disability status
DISEMP
Employment disability
DISBLND
Blind or vision-impaired
DISDEAF
Deaf or hearing-impaired
DISMUTE
Mute or speech impaired
DISLOWR
Disability affecting lower extremities
DISUPPR
Disability affecting upper extremities
DISMNTL
Mental disability
DISORIG
Origin of disability
LR2008A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
LR2008A_RELATE
Relationship to head of household
LR2008A_SEX
Sex
LR2008A_AGE
Age (completed years)
LR2008A_RELIG
Religion
LR2008A_MARST
Marital status
LR2008A_ETHNIC
Ethnic affiliation
LR2008A_BPL
County or country of birth
LR2008A_NATION
Citizenship
LR2008A_RESLENG
Length of residence in Liberia in completed years
LR2008A_DISPLACE
Ever displaced by war since 1990
LR2008A_RESET
Ever resettled
LR2008A_MORTMOM
Mother alive
LR2008A_MORTPOP
Father alive
LR2008A_DISAB
Any disability
LR2008A_DISTYPE
Type of disability
LR2008A_DISCAUSE
Cause of disability
LR2008A_LIT
Literacy
LR2008A_SCHOOL
School attendance
LR2008A_EDATTAN
Highest grade level attained
LR2008A_EMPSTAT
Activity status
LR2008A_OCC
Occupation
LR2008A_IND
Industry
LR2008A_CLASSWK
Work status
LR2008A_CHBORNM
Number of male children ever born
LR2008A_CHBORNF
Number of female children ever born
LR2008A_HOMEMAL
Number of male children living in household
LR2008A_HOMEFEM
Number of female children living in household
LR2008A_AWAYMAL
Number of male children living elsewhere
LR2008A_AWAYFEM
Number of female children living elsewhere
LR2008A_CHDEADM
Number of male children dead
LR2008A_CHDEADF
Number of female children dead
LR2008A_CHSEX
Sex of child born in last 12 months
LR2008A_CHBIRMO
Birth month of child born in last 12 months
LR2008A_CHBIRYR
Birth year of child born in last 12 months
LR2008A_CHLIVE
Child born in last 12 months alive
LR2008A_CHBORN
Children ever born
LR2008A_CHSURV
Children surviving
Total: 116
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