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Fourth National Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

China, 1990
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CHN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Relationship to the head of household (CN1990A_0401)

Data file: CHN1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 139
End: 139
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
2. Relationship to head of household:

[] 1 Head of household
[] 2 Spouse
[] 3 Child
[] 4 Grandchild
[] 5 Parent
[] 6 Grandparent
[] 7 Other relative
[] 8 Non-relative
Categories
Value Category
1 Head of household
2 Spouse
3 Child
4 Grandchild
5 Parent
6 Grandparent
7 Other relative
8 Non-relative
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
2. Relationship to household head -- The first person of a household should be household head, and circle "1". For other members, circle the answers according to his/her relationship to household head. If the respondent is not the household head, do not circle answers based on respondent's relationship with other household members.

In the standard answers listed, "children" include child-in-law. "grandchildren" includes grandchild-in-law, great-grand-child and great-grand-child-in-law. "Parents" includes parents-in-law. "Grand-parents" includes great-grand-parent. "Other relatives" includes siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, and cousin-in-law. "Non-relatives" includes baby-sitter, colleagues, classmates, and others who are not related to household head. The first person in an institutional household is the household head, and circle "1". For other members, circle "Non-relatives".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates respondent's relationship to the head of household.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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