Population and Housing Census 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2004

Get Microdata

Reference ID

SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

May 03, 2012

Last modified

Apr 25, 2018

Page views

34004

Downloads

1683

Paternal orphanhood (SL2004A_0411)

Data file: SLE2004-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 213

End: 213

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

P14. Is [the respondent's] father alive?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know

Categories

Value	Category
1	Father alive
2	Father dead

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

Section 1 - Population
Columns P1 to P18 -- These should provide particulars of all members who slept in the household/institution on census night. They therefore apply to all persons.

Columns P13 - P14 -- Orphanhood
103. These questions refer to the biological mother and father of the respondent and the answer should be in respect of the person's real mother and father.

104. You should therefore ask, "Is this person's real mother and father alive -- the ones who bore him/her?" "Yes" is 1, "No" is 2, and "Don't know" is 3.

P13-14 Orphanhood

Is [the respondent's] father alive?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the individual's biological father is still alive.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

Back to Catalog