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National Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Living arrangement (NP2011A_LIVARRG)

Data file: NPL2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 323
End: 324
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Questions are asked to persons 10 years of age and above </span>
<br />[Questions 22 to 26 were asked of persons 10 years or older.]</p>

<p><span class="em">[27] What is the living arrangement of [the respondent]? </span><div class="i1">Only for children below 16 years of age. [Encircle one of the appropriate codes for children less than 16 years]<br />[] 1 Mother / father<br />[] 2 Mother<br />[] 3 Father<br />[] 4 Father and stepmother<br />[] 5 Mother and stepfather<br />[] 6 Other relative<br />[] 7 Employer<br />[] 8 Other relative ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Mother and father
02 Mother
03 Father
04 Father and step mother
05 Mother and step father
06 Other relatives
07 Employer
08 Other
98 Unknown
99 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
<span class="em">Column 27: Who is [the respondent] living with?</span>
<br />(Ask only persons younger than aged 16 years old)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Parents<br />[] 2 Mother<br />[] 3 Father<br />[] 4 Father and step-mother<br />[] 5 Mother and step-father<br />[] 6 Other relative<br />[] 7 Person who hired<br />[] 8 Other</div><p>Ask children who are under 16 years old with whom they are living or under whose custody they are and specify it as described below:</p>

<p>1. Parents - If any counting children under 16 years are living with their parents, circle the reference 1. Also circle the reference 1 if they have stepmothers in the family including their parents.</p>

<p>2. Mother - if any children under 16 years are living with only their mothers, circle the reference 2.</p>

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<p>3. If any children under 16 years are living with only their father, circle the reference 3.</p>

<p>4. If any children under 16 years are living with their father and stepmother, circle reference 4. If the family also have a stepfather, including their own father and a stepmother, circle the reference 4.</p>

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<p>5. Mother and stepfather - If any children under 16 years are living with their own mother and stepfather, circle the reference 5. Besides their own mother and stepfather, even if there is stepmother, too, circle the reference 5. </p>

<p>6. Other relative - If any children under 16 years old are not living with the above relatives (options from 1-5), but in the custody of other relatives (brother, sister, uncle, aunt, grandparents, maternal uncle or auntie, or any other relatives), circle the reference 6.</p>

<p>7. Person who hired - Any children under 16 years old are living in a family that hires domestic workers for household chores.</p>

<p>Here a domestic worker means the person who has been hired for household chores by giving a salary/wage (cash, or goods, or both, or any other kind of remuneration).</p>

<p>8. Others - If any children, under 16 years old did not mark options 1-7, circle the reference 8 and specify the custodian of that family (e.g. non-relative, friend, friend's parents).</p>

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Description

Definition
This variable indicates the living arrangement of the individual.
Universe
Nepal 2011: Persons under age 16 [discrepancies: none]

concept

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