National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978

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Reference ID

POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Jul 30, 2025

Last modified

Aug 01, 2025

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Position in the family (PL1978A_FAMPOS)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 159

End: 160

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

7. Relation to the head of household (please write in respectively: head of household, wife or husband, son, daughter, grandson, father, etc.) ____</p>
<div class="i1">For head of household is considered household member contributing mainly to defraying the cost of household keeping.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Husband
02	Wife
03	Single mother or single father
04	Child
05	Related to someone of the older generation in the household
06	Other household members
07	People in non-family households and special households
08	Persons who are not family members of collective households
09	Permanently absent spouse
10	Permanently absent child
11	Permanently absent other person

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

This variable indicates the person's position in the family.

Universe

Poland 1978: All persons

concept

Concept

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