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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Mother alive (H_MOTHERALIVE)

Data file: CMR1998-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
PARENTAL SURVIVORSHIP AND RESIDENCE
(QUESTIONS 11-14 REFER TO THE BIOLOGICAL PARENTS OF THE CHILD. RECORD '00' IF THE PARENTS ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD).

11) Is (NAME)'s natural mother alive?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
For household members under a cut-off age (varying across samples), MOTHERALIVE (HV111) indicates whether the person's mother is still alive.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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