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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Mother/father dead or been very sick for 3+ months (H_PARENTSICKDEAD)

Data file: NAM2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 220
End: 220
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Q. 13-Q. 20 ARE ASKED ONLY IF AGE 0-17 YEARS:
SURVIVORSHIP AND RESIDENCE OF BIOLOGICAL PARENTS (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)

Is (NAME)'s natural mother alive?

Y 1
N 2 (GO TO 16)
DK 8 (GO TO 16)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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, PARENTSICKDEAD (HV133) indicates whether either of the person's parents have died or have been very sick for 3 or more months.

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