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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Aug 15, 2018
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Mother alive (H_MOTHERALIVE)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 211
End: 211
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SURVIVORSHIP AND RESIDENCE OF BIOLOGICAL PARENTS IF AGE 0-17 YEARS:

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

Y 1
N 2 (GO TO 16)
DK 8 (GO TO 16)

(14) Does (NAME)'s natural mother usually live in this household or was she a guest last night?
IF YES: What is her name?
RECORD MOTHER'S LINE NUMBER.
IF NO, RECORD '?00'.

LINE NUMBER_____

(15) IF MOTHER NOT LISTED IN HOUSEHOLD: Has (NAME)'s mother been very sick for at least 3 months during the past 12 months, that is she was too sick to work or do normal activities?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

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

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 19)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 19)

(17) Does (NAME)'s natural father usually live in this household or was he a guest last night?
IF YES: What is his name?
RECORD FATHER'S LINE NUMBER.
IF NO, RECORD '?00'.

LINE NUMBER_____

(18) IF FATHER NOT LISTED IN HOUSEHOLD: Has (NAME)'s father been very sick for at least 3 months during the past 12 months, that is he was too sick to work or do normal activities?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

(19) MOTHER AND/OR FATHER DEAD/ SICK: CIRCLE LINE NUMBER IF CHILD'S MOTHER AND/OR FATHER HAS DIED (Q.13 OR 16 NO) OR BEEN SICK (Q.15 OR 18 YES).

(20) BOTH PARENTS ALIVE: IF YES TO Q.13 AND Q.16 (BOTH ALIVE), CIRCLE '?1'. FOR ALL OTHER CASES, CIRCLE '?2'.

1 (GO TO 23)
2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
For household members under a cut-off age (varying across samples), MOTHERALIVE (HV111) indicates whether the person's mother is still alive.

concept

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