Census of Population of Ireland, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981

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Reference ID

IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Relationship (IE1981A_RELATE)

Data file: IRL1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 190

End: 190

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="IE81A401">Q.3 Relationship to head of household _______<br /><div class="i1">Write "Head", Husband", "Wife", Son", "Daughter", Visitor", "Patient", "Employee", etc. as appropriate.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IE81A401">Question 3: Relationship to the head of household<br /><div class="i1">(i) Anyone in a private household whose usual residence is elsewhere should be described as "visitor", whether related to the head of the household or not.<br />(ii) For persons in hotels, hospitals or other institutions write "Employee", "Guest", "Patient", "Inmate", etc., as appropriate.</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Head 1st family
2	Spouse 1st family
3	Child 1st family
4	Head 2nd family
5	Spouse 2nd family
6	Child 2nd family
7	Head or spouse 3rd family
8	Child 3rd family
9	Visitor, other relative, or nonrelative

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 a person's relationship to the head of household.

Universe

Ireland 1981: All persons

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