1999 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1999

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Reference ID

VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS

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Sep 29, 2011

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Sex (VN1999A_SEX)

Data file: VNM1999_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 185

End: 185

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="VN99A403">3. Is (Name) male or female?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female</div><br /></svar>

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

<svar a="all" v="VN99A403"><span class="em">Question 3:</span> Is (name) male or female?<br /><br />Interviewers can easily identify sex of a respondent and fill in corresponding box. In cases of young children or absentees, interviewers shouldn't guess any person's gender based on their middle name and should ask head of household about their sexes.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the gender of the person.

Universe

Vietnam 1999: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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