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2001 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2001
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BWA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Mother alive (BW2001A_MORTMOT)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 253
End: 253
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
A12. Is [the person's] biological mother alive?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Respondent did not know
8 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
107a. <span class="em">Columns A11 - A12: Parental survival: </span>
<br />Collect information on the parental survival of the people listed on column A1. It should be made clear to the respondent the difference between biological parents and other parents like stepparents and foster parents. The need for the biological parents should be emphasized.</p>

<p>107b. <span class="em">Column A12: Mother</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Q: Is [the person's] biological mother alive?</span></p>

<p>Like in the case of the father above find out from the respondent if the biological mother of each and every person listed in A1 is alive or dead. If the biological mother is still alive write code "1" in the shaded area, if the biological mother is dead or no longer alive write code "2" and finally if it is not known if the biological mother to the person in question is alive write code "3" in the shaded area. The enumerator must probe thoroughly before accepting that it is not known if the mother is alive or not.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's biological mother is alive.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Persons except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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