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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • GHA2014-B.dat
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  • GHA2014-M.dat
  • GHA2014-W.dat

Biological sons living apart from their male respondent father (M_SONSAWAYHOMEMN)

Data file: GHA2014-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 311
End: 312
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
205) How many sons are alive but do not live with you?
And how many daughters are alive but do not live with you?

IF NONE, RECORD '00'.

SONS ELSEWHERE ____

DAUGHTERS ELSEWHERE ____
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
98 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
SONSAWAYHOMEMN (MV204) reports how many of his biological sons are currently living apart from the male respondent.

The related variable SONSATHOMEMN (MV202) reports the number of the male respondent's surviving biological sons who are currently living with their father.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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