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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Spouse alive (LS1996A_SPLIVE)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 199

End: 199

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section B. For all persons 

9. Is (the respondent's) first or only spouse alive?
<div class="i1">[Asked of those coded 2-6 in Question 8.] [] 1 Alive [] 2 Not alive [] 9 Don't know</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Alive
2	Not alive
8	Unknown
9	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

2. Part B of questionnaire
 (Questionnaire concerning the individual members of the household) the questions are marked by numbers to be read from left to right.

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

116. Column 9: If ever married is first or only spouse still alive?
 Please code the response according to the list of codes given. Enter NA if person was never married. Avoid code 9 'Do not know' if possible. Remember for a person who has been married only once in life, he/she answers for this only spouse; for a person who has been married more than once, the answer is for his/her first spouse.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the spouse of the person is alive.

Universe

Lesotho 1996: Persons who are ever married [discrepancies: type I none; type II 6.1%]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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