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National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Relationship to household head (PE2017A_RELATE)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 191
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population</span></p>

<p><span class="em">1. What is the relationship to the head of household?</span><div class="i1">(Fill in one oval only)<br /><br />[] 1 Head of household<br />[] 2 Spouse or partner<br />[] 3 Child or stepchild<br />[] 4 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law<br />[] 5 Grandchild<br />[] 6 Father- or mother-in-law<br />[] 7 Sibling<br />[] 8 Other relative<br />[] 9 Household worker<br />[] 10 Boarder or guest<br />[] 11 Other non-relative</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Head of household
02 Spouse or partner
03 Child or stepchild
04 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
05 Grandchild
06 Father, mother, or parent-in-law
07 Sibling
08 Other relative
09 Household worker
10 Boarder or guest
11 Other non-relative
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">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1 to 10 are asked of all persons]</p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 1: What is the relationship to the head of household?</span>
<br />If you are interviewing the head of household, do not ask this question, just fill in the oval of option 1, "head of household".</p>

<p>For the rest of the people, if you have to ask them about their relationship to the head of household, then fill in the oval of the corresponding option.</p>

<p><span class="em">Head of household</span>
<br /> It is the person who is recognized as such by the other members of the household and who lives permanently in the housing unit.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 55]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Other relative</span>
<br />It includes blood relatives with respect to the head of household: Uncles, cousins, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, siblings, among others.</p>

<p>Example: In Mr. John Smith's household, he is the head of household; if you interview his niece Camila, fill in option 8, "Other relative", in this question.

Description

Universe
Peru 2017: Persons in private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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