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

Metadata

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Dec 20, 2012

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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

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