Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 1996

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LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Father's location in household (POPLOC)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 46

End: 48

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

POPLOC is a constructed variable that indicates whether or not the person's father lived in the same household and, if so, gives the person number of the father (see PERNUM). POPLOC makes it easy for researchers to link the characteristics of children and their (probable) fathers.

The method by which probable child-father links are identified is described in PARRULE.

The general design of POPLOC and other constructed variables follows the methods developed for IPUMS-USA "Family Interrelationships," but the details vary significantly. For more details on the construction of POPLOC, see the Comparability section of PARRULE and this paper on IPUMSI family linking methodology.

Note: POPLOC identifies social relationships (such as stepfather and adopted father) as well as biological relationships. The variable STEPPOP is designed to identify some of these social relationships. To restrict POPLOC to biological mothers, such as for own children fertility estimation, POPLOC should be reset to zero when STEPPOP is greater than zero.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

POPLOC is a 3-digit numeric variable.

Codes0 = No father of this person present in the household.
1 or higher = The person number of this person's father

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