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Census of Population of Ireland, 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2011
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IRL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Relationship to reference person (IE2011A_RELATE)

Data file: IRL2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 210
End: 211
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Person 1</span>
<br />[Questions 1-35 were asked for each person included List 1, household residents who were present on census night.]</p>

<p><span class="em">4. What is your relationship to Person [x]? Relationship question does not apply to Person 1. </span><div class="i1">[Each person was asked their relationship to each previously-enumerated person in the household. For example, Person 3 was asked their relationship to Person 2 and Person 1.]<br /><br />Mark 1 box only.<br /><br />[] 1 Husband or wife<br />[] 2 Partner (incl. same-sex partner)<br />[] 3 Son or daughter<br />[] 4 Step-child<br />[] 5 Brother or sister<br />[] 6 Mother or father<br />[] 7 Grandparent<br />[] 8 Step-mother/ -father<br />[] 9 Son-/daughter-in-law<br />[] 10 Grandchild<br />[] 11 Other related<br />[] 12 Unrelated (incl. foster child)</div><span class="h2">Absent persons who usually live in the household</span></p>

<p>[Questions A1-A8 were asked for each usual member of the household who was reported to be absent on census night.]</p>

<p><span class="em">A4. What is the relationship of this person to Person 1 on page 4?</span><div class="i1">Mark one box only.<br /><br />[] 1 Husband or wife<br />[] 2 Partner (including same-sex partner)<br />[] 3 Son or daughter<br />[] 11 Other related, write in relationship ____<br />[] 12 Unrelated (including foster child)</div><span class="em">Question 4 -- Relationship </span>
<br />The relationship question is designed to determine families within households. This includes where there are two or more families in the one household. For example, a household consisting of an adult daughter living with her two parents and her own child would be counted as a two family household. The example given below shows how the question should be answered for the child in this situation, where the parents are Persons1 and 2 on the form, the adult daughter is person 3 and the child is person 4.
Categories
Value Category
00 Reference person
01 Husband or wife
02 Partner (including same-sex partner)
03 Son or daughter
04 Step-child
05 Brother or sister
06 Mother or father
07 Grandparent
08 Step-mother or step-father
09 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
10 Grandchild
11 Other related
12 Unrelated (including foster child)
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 to the reference person.
Universe
Ireland 2011: All persons

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