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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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Reference ID
LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Primary caretaker of children under age 18 (W_PRIMECAREKIDLT18)

Data file: LSO2009-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 262
End: 262
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1018 (Besides your own child/children), are you the primary caregiver for any children under the age of 18?

YES 1
NO 2 GO TO 1101
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
PRIMECAREKIDLT18 (V482B) indicates whether the woman is a primary caregiver for any children under 18 who are not her own children.

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