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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Biological mother alive (ZA2016A_MOTHLIVE)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 296
End: 296
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.4] Parental survival</span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you questions on the survival status of parents.</p>

<p>[3.7.4.2] Is the respondent's own biological mother still alive?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Do not know
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's biological mother is alive.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All persons

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