Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Relationship to household head (H_HHRELATE)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 209

End: 210

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

(3) RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: What is the relationship of (NAME) to the head of the household?
SEE CODES BELOW.

01 HEAD
02 WIFE OR HUSBAND
03 SON OR DAUGHTER
04 SON-IN-LAW OR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
05 GRANDCHILD
06 PARENT
07 PARENT-IN-LAW
08 BROTHER OR SISTER
09 BROTHER-IN-LAW/SISTER-IN-LAW
10 NIECE/NEPHEW BY BLOOD
11 NIECE/NEPHEW BY MARRIAGE
12 OTHER RELATIVE
13 ADOPTED/FOSTER/STEPCHILD
14 NOT RELATED
98 DON'T KNOW

Categories

Value	Category
42	Herdboy
14	Stepson/daughter
41	Domestic servant
01	Head
02	Wife or husband
03	Son/daughter
04	Son/daughter-in-law
05	Grandchild
06	Parent
07	Parent-in-law
08	Brother/sister
09	Co-spouse
10	Adopted/foster child
11	Brother/sister-in-law
12	Grandparent
13	Aunt/uncle
20	Niece/nephew
21	Niece/nephew by blood
22	Niece/nephew by marriage
30	Other relative
40	Not related
97	Don't know
98	Missing

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

HHRELATE (HV101) reports the household member's relationship to the head of the household/householder.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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