Home / Central Data Catalog / MWI_2008_PHC_V01_M_V02_A_IPUMS / variable [F2]
central

Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Dec 20, 2012
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
Page views
18079
Downloads
704

Has birth certificate (MW2008A_0428)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 222
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P14-P15 were asked of those younger than 18 years old]




P15. Does [the respondent] have a birth certificate?

[] 1 Yes, seen
[] 2 Yes, but not seen
[] 3 No
[] 4 Don't know
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, seen
2 Yes, but not seen
3 No
4 Don't know
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
P15. Birth certificate
Ask if the respondent has a birth certificate and request that it be shown to you.

Note: If the respondent has problems with the question, show him/her the sample of the birth certificate in Appendix F.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has a birth certificate.
Universe
Non-visitors age 18 or less

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog