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Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 1996
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Reference ID
LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Father alive (LS1996A_FATHLIVE)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section B. For all persons </span></p>

<p>14. Is father of (the respondent) alive?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="h3">2. Part B of questionnaire</span>
<br />(Questionnaire concerning the individual members of the household) the questions are marked by numbers to be read from left to right.</p>

<p>The first two columns must be completed before entries are made anywhere else in the questionnaire.</p>

<p>121. Column 14, 15: Is natural mother/father still alive.
<br />Code 1 if natural mother/father is still alive. Code 2 if natural mother/father is dead. The question concerns the natural mother/father only not social. Code 9 for unknown.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the father of the person is alive.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: All persons

concept

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