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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
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Deaths in last 12 months (SL2015A_DEATHS)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 268
End: 268
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
D1. Did a death occur in this household in the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Yes<br />[] 2. No<br /><br />If no deaths, go to Section VII</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="h3"> Section 6: Deaths in the household</span></p>

<p>224. Questions D1 to D9 are asking about deaths of usual members of the household, which took place in the 12 months prior to the Census Night, i.e. deaths that occurred after the night of 4/5 December 2014. Include children who died when they were very young but exclude stillbirths.</p>

<p><span class="em">D1 - Occurrence of death in the last 12 months</span>
<br />225. Ask, 'did any usual household member die in the last 12 months'? If a death occurred in the household, record '1' in the box, and then ask D2 to D6.</p>

<p>226. If nobody died in the household, record '2', and move to section VII.</p>

<p>227. It is important that you know that questions relating to death are very sensitive. You should know how to handle the person who has lost somebody by sympathizing with him or her and at the same time informing him or her that the information you are collecting is necessary for the census.</p>

<p>228. Questions D7, D8 and D9 are about maternal mortality. Only one of these questions should be answered. If the response to D7 is '1' (Yes) skip D8 and D9; if it is '2' (No), ask D8, if D8 is '2' (No) ask D9.</p>

<p><span class="ital">Interviewer should probe if there was death of a baby in the household as well </span>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the deaths in the last 12 months in the household.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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