Census of Population of Ireland, 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1986

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IRL_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Relationship within household (IE1986A_FAMREL)

Data file: IRL1986_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 185

End: 186

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Q.3 Relationship to the person listed on line 1 ___</p>
<div class="i1">Write as appropriate "Husband", "Wife", "Son", "Daughter", "Visitor", "Patient", "Employee", etc. Write "Visitor" for a son, daughter, etc who usually lives elsewhere.</div><p>Question 3: Relationship to the head of household</p>
<div class="i1">(i) Anyone in a private household whose usual residence is elsewhere should be described as "Visitor", whether related to the person listen on Line 1 or not.<br />(ii) For persons in hotels, hospitals or other institutions, write "Employee", "Guest", "Patient", "Inmate", etc. as appropriate.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Head of 1st family
02	Spouse/partner of head of 1st family
03	Child in 1st family
04	Other relative of 1st family
05	Head of 2nd family
06	Spouse/partner of head of 2nd family
07	Child in 2nd family
08	Other relative of 2nd family
09	Member of 3rd family
10	Visitor or unrelated person

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 relationship within a household.

Universe

Ireland 1986: All persons

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