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2008 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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Reference ID
MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 03, 2012
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Mother alive flag (MW2008A_QMOTHLIV)

Data file: MWI2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 290
End: 290
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
P14. Parental survivorship and residence</p>
<div class="i1">Is [the respondent's] natural mother alive?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Don't know</div><div class="i1">If alive, does [the respondent's] natural mother live in this household?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><div class="i1">Is [the respondent's] natural father alive?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Don't know</div><div class="i1">If alive, does [the respondent's] natural father live in this household?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
No imputation
1 Logical imputation (from blank)
2 Logical imputation (non-blank)
3 Hot deck imputation (from blank)
4 Hot deck imputation (non-blank)
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
This variable indicates the flag for whether the mother is still alive.
Universe
Malawi 2008: All persons

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Concept
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