X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset
Brazil, 1990
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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- BRA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
- BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Relationship to head of family (BR1991A_RSPHEADF)
Data file: BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
263
End:
264
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR91A402"><span class="h3">3. Family relationship or relationship with head of household</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 head<br />[] 2 spouse<br />[] 3 child<br />[] 4 stepchild<br />[] 5 father or mother<br />[] 6 mother or father in law<br />[] 7 grandparent/great grandparent<br />[] 8 grandchild<br />[] 9 daughter- or son-in-law<br />[] 10 brother or sister<br />[] 11 sister- or brother-in-law<br />[] 12 other relative<br />[] 13 person who has permanent residence in the domicile, without being a relative, boarder or employee (<span class="lang">agregado</span>)<br />[] 14 boarder<br />[] 15 domestic servant</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Head |
| 02 | Spouse |
| 03 | Son/daughter |
| 04 | Stepson/stepdaughter |
| 05 | Father or mother |
| 06 | Mother-in-law/father-in-law |
| 07 | Grandparent or great-grandparent |
| 08 | Grandchild or great-grandchild |
| 09 | Son-in-law or daughter-in-law |
| 10 | Brother or sister |
| 11 | Brother-in-law/sister-in-law |
| 12 | Other relatives |
| 13 | Aggregate |
| 14 | Boarder |
| 15 | Domestic Help |
| 20 | Individual |
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="BR91A402"><span class="h3">Question 3 - Kinship or relationship with the head of the household</span><br />Mark the box corresponding to the relationship between each member of the family and the person responsible for the family in the household to which he or she belongs.<br />The entries regarding condition in the household and condition in the family should comply with the following criteria:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Head</span> - person (man or woman) responsible for the household or family;<br /><span class="em">2 - Spouse</span> - person (man or woman) who lives conjugally with the Head of the household or Head of the family, whether or not there is a matrimonial bond;<br /><span class="em">3 - Child</span> - including adopted and foster children;<br /><span class="em">4 - Stepson or stepdaughter</span> - a son or daughter only of the spouse, even if the spouse has died or does not live in the household;<br /><span class="em">5 - Father or mother</span> - including stepfather and stepmother;<br /><span class="em">6 - Father-in-law or mother-in-law</span> - even if not a relative of the current spouse;<br /><span class="em">7 - Grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather or great-grandmother</span> - including only of the spouse;<br /><span class="em">8 - Grandson, granddaughter, great-grandson or great-granddaughter</span> - including only of the spouse;<br /><span class="em">9 - Son-in-law or daughter-in-law</span> - including only of the spouse;<br /><span class="em">10 - Sibling;</span><br /><span class="em">11 - Brother-in-law or sister-in-law</span> - even if not a relative of the current spouse;<br /><span class="em">12 - Other relative</span> - nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, cousin, including only of the spouse;<br /><span class="em">13 - <span class="lang">Agregado</span></span> - a person who has fixed residence in the household without being a relative, boarder, domestic employee or relative of the employee, and does not pay for lodgings;<br /><span class="em">14 - Boarder</span> - a person who, without being a relative, has fixed residence in the household and pays for lodgings;<br /><span class="em">15 - Domestic employee</span> - a person who provides remunerated domestic services to residents of the household;<br /><span class="em">16 - Relative of employee</span> - a person who is a relative of a domestic employee and who does not exercise remunerated domestic work for residents in the household. This designation is not shown in Question 3 of CD 1.02 because, in the composition of the family, a relative of a domestic employee is a member of the domestic employee's family.</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 56]</span><br />In collective dwellings, Box 20 - Individual will always be marked for persons who live alone. For families, the relationship or dependence will always be in relation to the Head of the family, both in Question 2 and in Question 3.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the relationship to the head of family.
Universe
Brazil 1991: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Demographic Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |