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1971 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971
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CAN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Household relationship (CA1971A_RELATE)

Data file: CAN1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 165
End: 166
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="CA71A400 CA71A401" v="CA71A400 CA71A401 CA71A402 CA71A403 CA71A404">2. Relationship to head of household<br /><div class="i1">The head of household is the husband rather than the wife; the parent where there is one parent only with unmarried children, or any member of a group sharing a dwelling equally.<br />Fill one circle only.<br />[] Head of household<br />[] Wife of head<br />[] Son or daughter of head<br />[] Father or mother<br />[] Brother or sister<br />[] Son-in-law /daughter-in-law<br />[] Father-in-law/mother-in-law<br />[] Brother-in-law/sister-in-law<br />[] Grandchild<br />[] Lodger<br />[] Lodger's wife<br />[] Lodger's child<br />[] Nephew or nice<br />[] Other, specify as uncle, aunt, employee, employee's wife, employee's child, partner ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Head of household
02 Wife
03 Child
04 Child-in-law
05 Grandchild
06 Parent or parent-in-law
07 Brother-in-law, sister, brother, sister-in-law
08 Nephew or niece
09 Other relative, other relative's wife, other relative's children
10 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's relationship to the household head.
Universe
Canada 1971: All persons

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