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Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center
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Vital status of parents (IQ1997A_0426)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 234
End: 234
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
53. Survival status of parents

[] 1 The father is dead
[] 2 The mother is dead
[] 3 The parents are dead
[] 4 The parents are alive
Categories
Value Category
1 The father is dead
2 The mother is dead
3 The parents dead
4 The parents are alive
9 Unknown
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
53.Vital status of parents:
Vital status of parents means the person's state of being an orphan.
Indicated by the sign (x) in the square opposite the orphan status of a person. If the father's person is dead the sign is indicated in the square opposite to the phrase (the father is dead). If the person's mother is dead, the sign on the phrase (the mother is dead) but if the person's parents are dead the sign on the phrase (the parents are dead). If the person's parents are still a live the sign indicated to the phrase (the parents are alive). The data of this field are indicated to all ages.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's parents are still alive.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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