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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011 - 2012
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WBG_BIH_2011_MICS_v01_M
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United Nations Children’s Fund, Federal Office of Statistics, Republic of Srpska Institute of Statistics, Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Relationship to the head (HL3)

Data file: hl

Overview

Valid: 20248
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 8
End: 9
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the relationship of (name) to the head of the household?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Head 5778
28.5%
2 Wife / Husband 4278
21.1%
3 Son / Daughter 7034
34.7%
4 Son-In-Law / Daughter-In-Law 865
4.3%
5 Grandchild 1533
7.6%
6 Parent 470
2.3%
7 Parent-In-Law 43
0.2%
8 Brother / Sister 105
0.5%
9 Brother-In-Law / Sister-In-Law 9
0%
10 Uncle / Aunt 10
0%
11 Niece / Nephew 16
0.1%
12 Other relative 37
0.2%
13 Adopted / Foster / Stepchild 23
0.1%
14 Not related 28
0.1%
97 Inconsistent 19
0.1%
98 Don't know 0
0%
99 Missing 0
0%
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
You should begin by saying:
First, please tell me the name of each person who usually lives here, starting with the head of the household.

List the head of the household in line 01. List all household members (HL2), their relationship to the household head (HL3), and their sex (HL4). Then ask:
Are there any others who live here, even if they are not at home now? If yes, complete the listing for questions HL2-HL4. Then, ask questions starting with HL5 for each person at a time.

Enter the code corresponding to how the person listed is related to the head of the household. Use the codes at the bottom of the Household Listing Form. Be particularly careful in doing this if the respondent is not the head of the household. Make sure that you record the relationship of each person to the household head, not the relationship to the respondent. For example, if the respondent is the wife of the head of the household and she says that Sola is her brother, then Sola should be coded as '09' ('Brother-in-law / Sister-in-law'), not as '08' ('Brother / Sister'), because Sola is a brother-in-law of the head of the household. Be very careful in obtaining this information correctly, since respondents tend to provide the relationship of the person to themselves, rather than to the head of the household.

If the head of the household is married to a woman who has a child from a previous marriage, that child's relationship to the head of the household should be coded as '13' ('Adopted/foster/stepchild'). If a household member is not related to the head of household, such as a friend who lives with the household, enter '14' ('Not related'). Enter '98' if the respondent doesn't know the relationship of a household member to the head of household.

Description

Source of information
Head of household or other responsible household member
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