Population and Housing Census 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987

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Reference ID

MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Relationship to household head (MW1987A_0402)

Data file: MWI1987-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 163

End: 163

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

d. Relationship to head of household

[] 1 Head
[] 2 Wife/husband
[] 3 Son/daughter
[] 4 Other relative
[] 5 Non-relative

Categories

Value	Category
1	Head
2	Wife / husband
3	Son / daughter
4	Other relative
5	Non-relative
6	Institutional

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

14. Head of household: This is a person among the household members who is acknowledged by other members of the same household as their "head". He/she is often the one who makes most decisions concerning the welfare of the members of the household. If there are two or more unrelated persons in a household, treat one of them as head.

Persons of all ages

(d) Relationship to head of household: Ask for the relationship of each member to the head of the household and fill in the appropriate code in column 17.

The various codes for you to use, as indicated on the questionnaire, are as follows:

[] 1 Head
[] 2 Wife/husband
[] 3 Son/daughter
[] 4 Other relative
[] 5 Non-relative

Description

Definition

This variable records the individual's relationship to the household head.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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