National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978

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POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Family type, head of household specified (PL1978A_FAMTY)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 161

End: 162

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
01	Married couple without children, a husband
02	Married couple without children, a wife
03	Married couple with children, a husband
04	Married couple with children, a wife
05	Married couple with children, a child
06	Mother with children, a mother
07	Mother with children, a child
08	Father with children, a father
09	Father with children, a child
10	Oldest sibling
11	Other sibling
98	Unknown
99	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the family type, with the head of the household specified.

Universe

Poland 1978: Present persons with family position husband, wife, parent alone, or child [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.2%]

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