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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Relationship to household head (GT1981A_RELATE)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 231
End: 232
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">VII. People in the census household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For all individuals</span>
<br />[Questions 1 - 8 were asked for all persons]</p>

<p>2. Relationship to head</p>
<div class="i1">What is your relationship to the head of the household?<br /><br />(First person)</div><div class="i2">[] 0 Head<br />[] 10 Collective</div><div class="i1">[] 1 Wife or partner<br />[] 2 Child or stepchild<br />[] 3 Son -or daughter- in law<br />[] 4 Grandchild<br />[] 5 Parent or parent-in-law<br />[] 6 Other relative<br />[] 7 Domestic employee<br />[] 8 Other non-relative<br />[] 9 Unknown<br />[] 10 Collective</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Head
01 Spouse, partner
02 Child or stepchild
03 Child-in-law
04 Grandchild
05 Parent or parent-in-law
06 Other relative
07 Domestic servant
08 Other non-relative
09 Unknown
10 Collective
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
<svar v="GT81A402 GT81A403 GT81A404 GT81A405 GT81A406 GT81A408 GT81A409 GT81A410 GT81A411 GT81A412 GT81A413 GT81A414 GT81A415"><span class="h2">A. First block: personal characteristics (for all persons)</span><br /><br />This part of the census form is designed to study the composition of the population according to the following characteristics: relationship to the head of household, sex, age, marital status, maternal orphanhood, ethnicity, and disabilities.<br /><br />Questions 1-8 are presented to all enumerated persons, without exception, following the specific instructions presented below:<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT81A402"><span class="em">Question 2: relationship</span><br /><br />From this question on, the data is recorded vertically for each person.<br /><br />1. How to formulate the question<br />What is your relationship to the head of household?<br /><br />It is necessary that the relationship between persons recognized as head of household and each of the household members. This relationship can be through family, work, or other (e.g. a chauffeur, an employee, a domestic employee, or a guest, etc. who resides in the home).<br /><br />2. How to record the data<br /><br />a) The number that corresponds to the relationship of each of the household members is circled.<br /><br />b) "9. unknown" is marked only when the informant does not know the relationship between a household member and the head of household. These cases, obviously, are exceptions.<br /><br />c) When enumerating collective dwellings, the number "10. collective" is marked for each person.<br /><br />3. Example:<br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 2 of the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the relationship of the person with the head.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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