Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2011

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Reference ID

ZAF_2011_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Relationship to head of household (ZA2011A_0406)

Data file: ZAF2011-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 180

End: 181

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

P-02 Relationship
What is [the person]'s relationship to the head or acting head of the household?
The head or acting head is the person listed in row 1 of the first questionnaire, if more than one questionnaire has been completed for this household.
Write the appropriate code in the box _

01. Head/ Acting head
02. Husband/ Wife/ Partner
03. Son/ Daughter
04. Adopted Son/ Daughter
05. Stepchild
06. Brother/ Sister
07. Parent (Mother/ Father)
08. Parent-in-law
09. Grand/ Great Grandchild
10. Son/ Daughter-in-law
11. Brother/ Sister-in-law
12. Grandmother/ Father
13. Other relative
14. Non-related person.

Categories

Value	Category
1	Head or acting head
2	Husband, wife or partner
3	Son or daughter
4	Adopted son or daughter
5	Stepchild
6	Brother or sister
7	Parent (mother or father)
8	Parent-in-law
9	Grandchild or great-grandchild
10	Son- or daughter-in-law
11	Brother- or sister-in-law
12	Grandmother or grandfather
13	Other relative
14	Non-related person
99	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

3. Section A: Demographics (remember to follow instructions)
Purpose: The information is collected to establish the total population of the country, their gender, age and other characteristics.

This section must be completed for every person listed on the questionnaire.
A person who is not married should not answer the question on who their spouse/partner is, e.g. ?If 3-6 on Marital status (P-03), then Go to Population group (P-05)?.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's relationship to the head of the household.

Universe

Persons in private households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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