Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999

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Reference ID

NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

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

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Aug 15, 2018

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Father alive (H_FATHERALIVE)

Data file: NGA1999-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 198

End: 198

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

PARENTAL SURVIVORSHIP AND RESIDENCE FOR PERSONS LESS THAN 15 YEARS OLD:
Q.12 THROUGH Q.15: These questions refer to the biological parents of the child. Record 00 if parent not member of household.

(12) Is (NAME)'s natural mother alive?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

(13) (IF ALIVE) Does (NAME)'s natural mother live in this household?
IF YES: What is her name?
RECORD MOTHER'S LINE NUMBER

LINE NUMBER____

(14) Is (NAME)'s natural father alive?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

(15) (IF ALIVE) Does (NAME)'s natural father live in this household?
IF YES: What is his name?
RECORD FATHER'S LINE NUMBER

LINE NUMBER____

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For household members under a cut-off age (varying across samples), FATHERALIVE (HV113) indicates whether the person's father is still alive.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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