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National Population and Housing Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1988
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HND_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Mother alive (HN1988A_MOTHLIVE)

Data file: HND1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">A. General characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HN88A406"><span class="em">5. Is your mother alive?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Doesn't know</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
9 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="em">5. Is your mother alive?</span>
<br />The person is asked if his orher mother is alive. If the mother is alive, the answer is affirmative, even if she does not live in the dwelling.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's mother is alive.
Universe
Honduras 1988: All persons

concept

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