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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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Reference ID
SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Aug 01, 2025
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  • SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat
  • SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Relationship to the household head (SL2015A_RELATE)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 224
End: 225
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em"> All persons [Questions P01-P20]</span></p>

<p>[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p>P04. Relationship</p>
<div class="i1">What is [the respondent's] relationship to the household head?<br /><br />[] 01 Head<br />[] 02 Spouse<br />[] 03 Son/daughter<br />[] 04 Sister/brother<br />[] 05 Nephew/niece<br />[] 06 Parent<br />[] 07 Uncle/aunt<br />[] 08 In-law<br />[] 09 Grand parent<br />[] 10 Grand child<br />[] 11 Step son/daughter<br />[] 12 Other<br />[] 13 Not related</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Head
02 Spouse
03 Son or daughter
04 Sister or brother
05 Nephew or niece
06 Parent
07 Uncle or aunt
08 In-law
09 Grandparent
10 Grandchild
11 Stepson or stepdaughter
12 Other
13 Not related
14 Group quarter
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="h2">Section 2: Population characteristics</span></p>

<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>

<p><span class="em">Column (P04) -- Relationship</span>
<br />87. Ask, "Who is this person to the head of household?" and ask further questions as necessary, making quite sure that you understand the relationship correctly before you make an entry. If you ask the question wrongly, you may for example have a situation in which a 'son/daughter' is recorded as 'father/mother'.</p>

<p>88. Enter the relationship of each person to the head of the household. Enter the code as appropriate (refer to code list) against the name of the person to signify his/her relationship to the head. There will be cases wherein respondents might want to include step or adopted children as their own children. Be tactful in making them understand that you are asking for their biological children and that all information they give you will be treated confidential.</p>

<p>89. There are cases when persons spent census night with a household but are not related to the members of that household. In such a case, enter the code "13" in the relationship column against the names of such persons indicating a "not related" case.</p>

<p>90. When you are sure that the list of names and relationships is complete and correct you may go on to complete the rest of the questionnaire.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to the household head.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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