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2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2009
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KEN_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Relationship to head of household (KE2009A_RELATE)

Data file: KEN2009_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 196
End: 197
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KE09A400 KE09A401 KE09A402 KE09A403 KE09A404 KE09A405 KE09A406 KE09A407 KE09A408 KE09A409 KE09A410 KE09A411 KE09A412 KE09A413 KE09A414"><span class="h3">A: Information regarding all persons</span><br />[Questions P-00 to P-23 were asked of all persons in conventional households or refugee camps].<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KE09A401"><span class="em">Relationship</span><br />P-10. What is [the person's] relationship to the head of this household?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Head<br />[] 2 Spouse<br />[] 3 Son/daughter<br />[] 4 Grandchild<br />[] 5 Brother/sister<br />[] 6 Father/mother<br />[] 7 Nephew/niece<br />[] 8 In-law<br />[] 9 Grandparent<br />[] 10 Other relative<br />[] 11 Non-relative<br />[] 99 Unknown</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Head
02 Spouse
03 Son or daughter
04 Grandchild
05 Brother or sister
06 Father or mother
07 Nephew or niece
08 In-law
09 Grandparent
10 Other relative
11 Unrelated
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to the head of the household.

The enumeration form includes an "in-law" category. The enumeration instructions provide no information on which relationship codes to include in the in-law category, but state that children-in-law and parents-in-law should be included with other relatives.
Universe
Kenya 2009: Persons in conventional households or refugee camps [discrepancies: none]

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