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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Mother alive (H_MOTHERALIVE)

Data file: MDG2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SURVIVORSHIP AND RESIDENCE OF BIOLOGICAL PARENTS. IF AGE 0-17 YEARS:

13. Is (NAME)'s natural mother alive?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 15)
DOESN'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 15)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
For household members under a cut-off age (varying across samples), MOTHERALIVE (HV111) indicates whether the person's mother is still alive.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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