Extended National Survey of Homes (ENHA) - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2006

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URY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS

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Family unit membership (FAMUNIT)

Data file: URY2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 59

End: 62

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

FAMUNIT is a constructed variable indicating to which family within the household a person belongs.

All persons related to the household head receive a 1 (see RELATE). Each secondary family or secondary individual receives a higher code. For purposes of FAMUNIT, secondary families are individuals or groups of persons linked together by the IPUMS constructed pointer variables SPLOC, MOMLOC, and POPLOC (location of spouse, mother, and father).

concept

Concept

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

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

FAMUNIT is a 4-digit numeric variable.

CodesIf there is only one group of related individuals within the household, all of them will be coded "1;" if there is a second, separate such group listed on the form, all of them will be coded "2," and so on.

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