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Fifth National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 2000
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CHN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Census Office, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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  • CHN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Relationship to household head (CN2000A_RELATE)

Data file: CHN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 173
End: 174
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
2. Relationship to the head of the household</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 Self<br />[] 1 Spouse<br />[] 2 Children<br />[] 3 Parents<br />[] 4 Parents-in-law<br />[] 5 Grandparents<br />[] 6 Daughter (son)-in-law<br />[] 7 Grandchildren<br />[] 8 Brothers/sisters<br />[] 9 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Household head
01 Spouse
02 Child
03 Parent
04 Parent-in-law
05 Grandparent
06 Child-in-law
07 Grandchild
08 Sibling
09 Other
99 Unknown
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="h1">Part One. Personal records</span></p>

<p>All persons should respond to R1 through R7.</p>

<p><span class="em">R2. Relation to the head of household</span>
<br />There are ten standard answers to this question. </p>
<div class="i1">1. Head of household - head according to family daily customs. During the census, determining the head of household is mainly for statistical purposes. Therefore, enumerator should avoid listing kids as head of households. In cases that one household has three generations or more, list someone from the middle generation as the head. Enumerator should ask for consent from the person to be listed as head.<br />2. Spouse of the head - wife or husband<br />3. Children of the head<br />4. Parents of the head - also include step parents or adaptive parents<br />5. Parents-in-law of the head - spouse's parents, step parents, or adaptive parents<br />6. Grandparents - grandparents of the head or his/her spouse<br />7. Son-in-law or daughter-in-law<br />8. Grandchildren or grandchildren-in-law<br />9. Siblings - sisters or brothers of the head or his/her spouse<br />10. Others</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to the household head.
Universe
China 2000: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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