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1990 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980
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Reference ID
TTO_1990_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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Relationship to the household head (TT1990A_RELATE)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 149
End: 149
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 1. Characteristics -- For all persons</span></p>

<p>Boxes are precoded, tick the appropriate box please.</p>

<p>2. What is the relationship of [the respondent] to head of the household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Head (H)<br />[] 2 Spouse/partner of head (S/PH)<br />[] 3 Child of head/spouse (CH/S)<br />[] 4 Spouse/partner of child (S/PC)<br />[] 5 Grandchild of head/spouse (GH/S)<br />[] 6 Other relative of head (ORH)<br />[] 7 Domestic employee (DE)<br />[] 8 Other non-relative (ONR)<br />[] 9 Not stated (NS)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Household head
2 Spouse or partner
3 Child
4 Spouse or partner of child
5 Grandchild of head or spouse
6 Other relative
7 Domestic employee
8 Other 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="h3">Section 1 Characteristics </span></p>

<p>Question 2 - Relationship to head of household </p>
<div class="i1">Nine types of relationships are specified here. These are:-<br />[1] Head<br />[2] Spouse/partner of head <br />[3] Child of head/spouse <br />[4] Spouse/partner of child<br />[5] Grandchild of head/spouse<br />[6] Other relative of head/spouse <br />[7] Domestic employee <br />[8] Other non-relative<br />[9] Not stated<br />If the individual is the head of the household, then tick the box "Head".</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the relationship to the head of the household.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1990: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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