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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Relationship to household head (SR2012A_RELATE)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 180
End: 181
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">All persons in the household</span>
<br />[Questions P01a to P06c were asked of all persons in the household.]</p>

<p>P06a. What is this person's relationship with the head of the household?</p>
<div class="i1">If no relationship with head of household, ask for relationship with most senior member of the household. This person will be head of the household.<br /><br />[] 1 Head of the household themselves<br />[] 2 Spouse / partner of head<br />[] 3 Child / adopted child / stepchild<br />[] 4 Foster child<br />[] 5 Grandchild<br />[] 6 Parent / foster parent / parent-in-law<br />[] 7 Son-in-law / daughter-in-law / partner of child<br />[] 8 Grandparent / grandparent-in-law<br />[] 9 Other family member of the head<br />[] 10 Live-in household servant<br />[] 11 Other person, no family<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Head of the household
02 Spouse or partner of head
03 Child, adopted child, or stepchild
04 Foster child
05 Grandchild
06 Parent, foster parent, or parent-in-law
07 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
08 Grandparent or grandparent-in-law
09 Other family member of the head
10 Live-in household servant
11 Other person, no family
99 Unknown
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
This variable indicates the person's relationship to the household head.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All persons

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