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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sex of household head (from hh record) (H_HHEADSEXHH)

Data file: PAK2017-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
37) SEX: Is (NAME) male or female?

MALE 1
FEMALE 2
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
6 Non-resident
8 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
HHEADSEXHH (HV219) reports the sex of the head of the household.

The information in HHEADSEXHH is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

concept

Concept
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