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III Recenseamiento Geral da População e Habitação, 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2007
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MOZ_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, IPUMS
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Mother alive (MZ2007A_MORTMOT)

Data file: MOZ2007_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 268
End: 268
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section D: Questions about the Population</span>
<br /><span class="em">Enumerator: </span>Ask questions to all of the people listed in Section C.</p>

<p>[Question 6 through 36 were asked to the residents]</p>

<p><span class="em">12. Is (the person)'s biological mother alive?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Does not know</div><span class="em">12. Is (the person)'s biological father alive?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Not sure
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">P12. Is (the person)'s biological mother alive?</span></p>

<p>This Question intends to know whether the respondent's biological (true) mother is or not alive. That is, it should not be considered as mother their stepmother, adoptive mother, tutor or the person who is in charge of their education and other responsibilities.
<br />Read the Question and wait for a response. Mark an X in box number 1 the person's mother is alive, in box number 2 if the mother is not alive and in box number 3 if they do not know.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent’s mother is alive or not.
Universe
Mozambique 2007: All residents [discrepancies: none]

concept

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