Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998

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Reference ID

NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Mother alive (H_MOTHERALIVE)

Data file: NER1998-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 196

End: 196

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11) SURVIVORSHIP AND RESIDENCE OF PARENTS OF PERSONS UNDER 15 YEARS:
Is (NAME)'s biological mother still alive?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 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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