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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1991
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Reference ID
BWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Jul 30, 2025
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  • BWA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
  • BWA1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Relationship to head of household (BW1991A_RELATE)

Data file: BWA1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 163
End: 163
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section A</span></p>

<p><span class="em">(All persons)</span></p>

<p>3. Relationship</p>
<div class="i1">What is [the respondent's] relationship to the head of this household?<br /><br />[] 0 Head<br />[] 1 Spouse<br />[] 2 Son/daughter<br />[] 3 Grandchild<br />[] 4 Parent<br />[] 5 Brother/sister<br />[] 6 Nephew/niece<br />[] 7 In--law<br />[] 8 Other relative/not related</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 Head
1 Spouse
2 Child
3 Grandchild
4 Parent
5 Sibling
6 Niece or nephew
7 In law
8 Other relative or non-relative
9 Unknown
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
<span class="em">Column A3: Relationship</span></p>

<p>What is [the respondent]'s relationship to the head of this household?</p>

<p>Enter the appropriate one-digit code in the shaded area under column A3 as follows:</p>
<div class="i1">0 Head of household<br />1 His/her spouse<br />2 Head's son or daughter<br />3 Head's grandchild<br />4 Head's parent<br />5 Head's brother or sister<br />6 Head's nephew or niece<br />7 Head's in-law<br />8 Other relations or any persons not related<br />9 Don't know</div><p>In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 97, James Mulemba, as the head of household, is coded 0. Anne is his spouse, so she is coded 1. His two children, Mimi and Anthony, are both coded 2; his nephews, Molelo and David, are coded 6; and the visitor, Thembe, is coded 8.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to the household head.
Universe
Botswana 1991: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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