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General Household Survey, 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2009
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NGA_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Relationship to household head (NG2008A_RELATE)

Data file: NGA2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 149
End: 150
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
2. Relationship to head</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Head<br />[] 2 Spouse<br />[] 3 Own child<br />[] 4 Step child<br />[] 5 Grand child<br />[] 6 Brother/sister<br />[] 7 Niece/nephew<br />[] 8 Brother/sister-in-law<br />[] 9 Parent<br />[] 10 Parent-in-law<br />[] 11 Other relative<br />[] 12 Maid/nanny/house servant<br />[] 13 Non-relative</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Head
02 Spouse
03 Own child
04 Step child
05 Grandchild
06 Brother or sister
07 Niece or nephew
08 Brother or sister in law
09 Parent
10 Parent in law
11 Other relatives
12 Maid, nanny, or house servant
13 Non-relative
14 Second or higher order head
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to the household head.
Universe
Nigeria 2008: All persons

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