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Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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Relationship to head of household (MW2008A_0405)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 185
End: 185
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P1-P8 were asked of all persons]




P2. What is [the respondent's] relationship with the head of household?

[] 1 Head of household
[] 2 Wife / husband
[] 3 Son / daughter
[] 4 Other relative
[] 5 Non relative
Categories
Value Category
1 Head of household
2 Wife/husband
3 Biological son/daughter
4 Other relative
5 Non-relative
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
P02. Relationship to head of household
This refers to the relationship of any member of the household to the head of that household. The categories of relatives of the head are provided.

Code 1 should be shaded once in the questionnaire, because a household will only have one head and only one code should be shaded for a person.

If code 3 for son/daughter is shaded, ensure that a head is the biological or real parent of the child, "Makolo ake omubereka". For other children -- e.g. stepsons and stepdaughters or adopted children to the head -- make sure that you shade 4 for "Other relative" instead of son or daughter.

If you are enumerating in an institution, each of the listed persons will be considered as an institutional member and will be given code 4.

If a household comprises two or more unrelated persons, treat one of them as head (code 1) and the others as non-relatives (code 4).

Caution: Please note that the respondent may not always be the head of the household, but the relationship of each member must be with reference to the head.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to household head.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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