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V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda, 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1990
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ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Mother alive (EC1990A_MOVLIVE)

Data file: ECU1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 225
End: 225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="EC90A421 EC90A422 EC90A423 EC90A424 EC90A425 EC90A426 EC90A427 EC90A404 EC90A433 EC90A431 EC90A408 EC90A405 EC90A406"><span class="em">For all individuals</span><br />[Applies to questions 1-8]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EC90A433">8. Is your mother still alive? Mark the appropriate box.<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, alive
2 Not 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
<span class="em">Question 8. Is the person's mother still alive?</span></p>

<p>When you ask this question, you should mention the name of the person from whom you are collecting information. For example:</p>

<p>If the information is being collected from the head of household: Jose Perez, and you are requesting information about his wife, Maria Leon, when you ask the question you should ask "Is the mother of Maria Leon still alive?" This will avoid confusions in the data collection.</p>
<div class="i1">Is the mother of _____ still alive? Mark the corresponding box.</div><div class="i2">[ ] 1 Yes<br />[ ] 2 No<br />[ ] 9 Don't know</div><p>For persons under six years old, the interview is complete.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the mother of the person was still alive.
Universe
Ecuador 1990: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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