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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2011
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Reference ID
BWA_2011_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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Father alive (BW2011A_MORTFAT)

Data file: BWA2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 249
End: 249
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">A. Person Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Parental survival</span></p>

<p>11. Is [the respondent's] biological father alive?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Respondent did not know
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
136. Column A11-A12: Parental survival
<br />Parental survival questions establish whether the biological parents of the person are still alive or dead. Collect information on the parental survival of the people listed on column A1. It should be made clear to the respondent the difference between biological parents and other parents like stepparents or foster parents. The need for the biological parents should be emphasized.</p>

<p>138. Column A12: Father
<br />Q. Is the respondent's biological father alive?
<br />Like in the case of the mother above, find out from the respondent if the biological father of each and every person listed in A1 is alive or dead. If the biological father is still alive enter code "1" in the shaded region. If the biological father is dead enter code "2". Finally if it is not known if the biological father to the person in question is alive enter code "3" in the shaded area. You must probe thoroughly before accepting that it is not known if the father is alive or not.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's biological father is alive.
Universe
Botswana 2011: Persons except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

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