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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999
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NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Mother alive (H_MOTHERALIVE)

Data file: NGA1999-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
PARENTAL SURVIVORSHIP AND RESIDENCE FOR PERSONS LESS THAN 15 YEARS OLD:
Q.12 THROUGH Q.15: These questions refer to the biological parents of the child. Record 00 if parent not member of household.

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

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

(13) (IF ALIVE) Does (NAME)'s natural mother live in this household?
IF YES: What is her name?
RECORD MOTHER'S LINE NUMBER

LINE NUMBER____

(14) Is (NAME)'s natural father alive?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

(15) (IF ALIVE) Does (NAME)'s natural father live in this household?
IF YES: What is his name?
RECORD FATHER'S LINE NUMBER

LINE NUMBER____
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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