General Household Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011

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Reference ID

NGA_2010_GHSP-W1_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Biological father alive (NG2010A_0418)

Data file: NGA2010-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 171

End: 171

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15. Is [name]'s biological father alive?

[ ] 1 Yes
[ ] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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

Question 13: asks if the household member's biological father lives in the household. This information is useful for determining whether the child's (natural) father is alive and to measure the

P. 48

prevalence of orphan-hood and child fostering in the population. The response is either yes or no, (and if no skip to question 15)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the biological father is alive.

Universe

Persons whose father does not live in the household

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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