Population and Housing Census 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987

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Reference ID

MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Sex (MW1987A_0403)

Data file: MWI1987-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 164

End: 164

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

e. Sex

[] 1 Male
[] 2 Female

Categories

Value	Category
1	Male
2	Female
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

Persons of all ages

(e) Sex: Ask the question "Male or female?" for every person, particularly babies and children, unless you can see for yourself whether the person is male or female. Fill in the appropriate code for sex for each member of the household in column 18. The relevant codes are:

[] 1 Male
[] 2 Female

Description

Definition

This variable records the individual's sex.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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