Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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Reference ID

MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Dec 20, 2012

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Residence status (MW2008A_0413)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 202

End: 202

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions P1-P8 were asked of all persons]

P8. What is the situation of residence of [the respondent]?

[] 1 Present resident
[] 2 Absent resident
[] 3 Visitor (go to the next person)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Present resident
2	Absent resident
3	Visitor

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

P08. Residence
Ask about the status of residence of the person being interviewed. Please note that the row has a filter for visitor. If the respondent is a visitor, skip to the next member of the household.

Present resident is a usual member of the household who spent the last night in the household.
Absent resident is a usual member who did not sleep in the household last night.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's residence status (present or absent).

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Technical Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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