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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Number of deaths since Independence Day 1990 (BW1991A_MORTN)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section D</span>
<br /><span class="em">[Deaths]</span></p>

<p>Since Independence Day 1990, has any member of this household died? (In "yes", ask for sex and age)</p>

<p>1. Serial number</p>
<div class="i1">____</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3+
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
<span class="em">Columns D1, D2 and D3: Deaths in the Household</span></p>

<p>Since Independence Day 1990, has any member of this household died?</p>

<p>In general people are not happy to talk about deaths, especially recent ones, so be careful when asking this question. We are interested in recording information about any deaths since last Independence Day, September 30th, 1990, of anyone who had, up until their death, been a member of this household. The relevant portion of the sample questionnaire on page 15 is shown below:</p>

<p>[Diagram on page 44 omitted]</p>

<p>If there was any such death, enter the details under columns D1 to D3. Start with the serial number in D1. The first death should be given the serial number 01, the second death 02, etc. Record also the sex of the deceased in column D2 and his/her age at death in column D3.</p>

<p>If the person was under 1 year at death enter 00.</p>

<p>If there were more than three deaths in the household, write "continued" in the comments box and enter the particulars of these other deaths in Part D of the next questionnaire form, starting with serial number 04. You will also have to fill in all the geographical identity codes on the next page (district, EA, locality, lolwapa/house and household numbers).</p>

<p>If there were no deaths, enter dashes in the spaces provided for answer codes in the first line only.</p>

<p>In the sample questionnaire, there was one death in the household since Independence Day last year. The son of James and Anne died in a car accident; his serial number is 01 (D1), his sex was 1 (D2) and his age at the time of death was 17 (D3).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of the household deaths since Independence Day 1990.
Universe
Botswana 1991: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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