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1971 National Census of Dwellings and Population - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1971
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NIC_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Sex (NI1971A_SEX)

Data file: NIC1971_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI71A402"><span class="em">3. Sex</span><br /><br />Are you male or female?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="NI71A402"><span class="em">Question #3: Sex</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">a. How to ask the question:</span><br />Is the person a man or a woman?<br /><br /><span class="em">b. How to record the information:</span><br />An "X" is marked in the corresponding box.<br /><br /><span class="em">c. Examples:</span></div><br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graph of question 3 on the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's sex.
Universe
Nicaragua 1971: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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