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1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995
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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Sex (NI1995A_SEX)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 215
End: 215
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="NI95A401 NI95A402 NI95A403 NI95A404 NI95A405 NI95A406 NI95A407 NI95A408 NI95A409 NI95A410 NI95A411 NI95A412 NI95A448"><span class="h3">V. Persons in the dwelling</span><br />For all persons<br />[Questions 1-4 were asked of all persons]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A402"><span class="em">Sex</span><br />2. This person is:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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
<svar a="all" v="NI95A402"><span class="em">Question 2: Sex</span><br />The question, "Is the person male or female?" will not be asked of the persons who are present, you will just write the answer by simple observation. In the case the informant responds for other members of the family, be sure that the information is correct, since there are names that are used for both males and females. For example: Guadalupe, Isabel, Carmen, Socorro, Concepcion, Jesus, Dolores, Maria, etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates person's sex.
Universe
Nicaragua 1995: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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