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Population and Housing Census 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987
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MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Relationship to household head (MW1987A_0402)

Data file: MWI1987-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 163
End: 163
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
d. Relationship to head of household

[] 1 Head
[] 2 Wife/husband
[] 3 Son/daughter
[] 4 Other relative
[] 5 Non-relative
Categories
Value Category
1 Head
2 Wife / husband
3 Son / daughter
4 Other relative
5 Non-relative
6 Institutional
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
14. Head of household: This is a person among the household members who is acknowledged by other members of the same household as their "head". He/she is often the one who makes most decisions concerning the welfare of the members of the household. If there are two or more unrelated persons in a household, treat one of them as head.




Persons of all ages




(d) Relationship to head of household: Ask for the relationship of each member to the head of the household and fill in the appropriate code in column 17.

The various codes for you to use, as indicated on the questionnaire, are as follows:

[] 1 Head
[] 2 Wife/husband
[] 3 Son/daughter
[] 4 Other relative
[] 5 Non-relative

Description

Definition
This variable records the individual's relationship to the household head.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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