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1991 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1991
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CAN_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Presence of never-married sons and/or daughters at home in the census family (CA1991A_FAMCHPR)

Data file: CAN1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 212
End: 212
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="CA91A408" v="CA91A404">3. Date of birth<br /><div class="i1">Print day, month and year.<br />Example: If this person was born on the 10th of February 1945, enter:<br />If exact date is not known, enter best estimate.<br />Day _ _<br />Month _ _<br />Year 1_ _ _</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA91A404 CA91A410 CA91A411">5. Legal marital status.<br /><div class="i1">Mark one circle only.<br />[] Legally married (and not separated)<br />[] Legally married and separated<br />[] Divorced<br />[] Widowed<br />[] Never married (single)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single sons or daughters present
2 At least one less than 2 years old, none greater than 5 years old
3 None less than 2 years old, at least one aged 2 to 5 years, none greater than 5 years old
4 At least one less than 6 years old, some greater than 5 years old
5 None less than 6 years old, at least one aged 6 to 14 years
6 None less than 15 years old, at least one greater than 14 years old
9 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 presence and age characteristics of never-married sons and/or daughters in the census family for females 15 years of age and over.
Universe
Canada 1991: Females age 15+ in private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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