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Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 1996 - 2996
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LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Spouse alive (LS1996A_SPLIVE)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section B. For all persons </span></p>

<p>9. Is (the respondent's) first or only spouse alive?</p>
<div class="i1">[Asked of those coded 2-6 in Question 8.]<br /><br />[] 1 Alive<br />[] 2 Not alive<br />[] 9 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Alive
2 Not alive
8 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">2. Part B of questionnaire</span>
<br />(Questionnaire concerning the individual members of the household) the questions are marked by numbers to be read from left to right.</p>

<p>The first two columns must be completed before entries are made anywhere else in the questionnaire.</p>

<p>116. Column 9: If ever married is first or only spouse still alive?
<br />Please code the response according to the list of codes given. Enter NA if person was never married. Avoid code 9 'Do not know' if possible. Remember for a person who has been married only once in life, he/she answers for this only spouse; for a person who has been married more than once, the answer is for his/her first spouse.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the spouse of the person is alive.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: Persons who are ever married [discrepancies: type I none; type II 6.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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