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2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Sex (NI2005A_SEX)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 219
End: 219
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="NI05A402">2. Is [the person] male or female?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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="NI05A402"><span class="em">Question 2. Is the person male or female?</span><br /><br />Do not ask the person giving the interview this question. Mark the appropriate answer according to your observation.<br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />Keep in mind that some names are used for males and females. Examples are Guadalupe, Isabel, Carmen, Socorro, Concepcion, Jesus, Dolores, Leslie, Cristian and other names which are not very common. Make sure the information is correct.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's sex.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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