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1991 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1991
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GBR_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Centre for Census and Survey Research, IPUMS
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Relationship to head of household (UK1991A_RELATE)

Data file: GBR1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 202
End: 203
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UK91A422">5. Relationship in household<br /><div class="i1">Please tick the box which indicates the relationship of each person to the person in the first column. A step child or adopted child should be included as the son or daughter of the step or adoptive parent.<br />Write in relationship of 'Other relative' - for example, father, daughter-in-law, niece, uncle, cousin<br />Write in position in household of an 'Unrelated' person for example, boarder, housekeeper, friend, flat mate, foster child.<br /><br />[Person No 1 does not answer this question. Person 2 - 6 answer as follows:]<br /><br />Relationship to Person No. 1<br /><br />[] Husband or wife<br />[] Living together as a couple<br />[] Son or daughter<br />[] Other relative, please specify ________<br />[] Unrelated, please specify ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Household head
02 Spouse
03 Cohabitee
04 Son/daughter
05 Child of cohabitee
06 Son/daughter in-law
07 Cohabitee of son/daughter
08 Parent
09 Parent-in-law
10 Brother/sister
11 Brother/sister in-law
12 Grandchild
13 Nephew/niece
14 Other related
15 Boarder/lodger etc
16 Joint head
17 Other unrelated
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 person's relationship to the head of household.
Universe
United Kingdom 1991: All persons

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