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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2000
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ZMB_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Sex (ZM2000A_SEX)

Data file: ZMB2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 233
End: 233
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. Sex
<br />[] Male
<br />[] Female
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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">P4: Sex</span></p>

<p>Shade the appropriate space for sex. Take particular care to record the correct sex of young children. In some cases you will not be able to tell whether a baby is male or female. You should ascertain what the sex of the child is. Ask if you are not sure. The name or appearance may not reflect the sex of a child.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's sex.
Universe
Zambia 2000: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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