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XV National Population and IV Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986
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COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Relationship to household head (CO1985A_RELATE)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 166
End: 166
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO85A401 CO85A402 CO85A403 CO85A404 CO85A405 CO85A406 CO85A407"><span class="h2">A. For all of the persons in the dwelling</span><br />[Applies to questions 26 - 33]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A401"><span class="em">27. What is your relationship to the head of dwelling?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Head of household<br />[] 2 Spouse/companion<br />[] 3 Child or stepchild<br />[] 4 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law<br />[] 5 Grandson/daughter<br />[] 6 Parents or parents-in-law<br />[] 7 Other relative<br />[] 8 Employee<br />[] 9 Other unrelated person</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Head
2 Spouse/companion
3 Child or stepchild
4 Child in-law
5 Grandson/daughter
6 Parents or parents-in-law
7 Other relative
8 Employee
9 Other unrelated person
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 v="CO85A401"><div class="i1"><span class="em">Head</span>. It is a person recognized as such by members of the dwelling, by reason of authority, age or economic role. The head of the dwelling can be man or woman, married or single.<br /><br />In each dwelling a head must exist.<br /><br /><span class="em">Spouse or companion</span>: It is a person who lives with the head of the dwelling and is united by matrimony or freely.<br /><br /><span class="em">Child - stepchild</span>: It includes both children of the current union as well as those of previous unions and also those adopted or raised.<br /><br /><span class="em">Son - daughter-in-law</span>. Son-in-law is the spouse or companion of the daughter. Daughter-in-law is the spouse or companion of the son.<br /><br /><span class="em">Grandchild</span>. They are children of the children of the head of the home.<br /><br /><span class="em">Parents and in-laws</span>. They are the parents by blood or by raising of the head of the home and parents of the spouse or companion.<br /><br /><span class="em">Other relative</span>. It is a person related to the head of the dwelling or to the spouse or companion and does not appear in any of the previous alternatives, such as niece/nephew, siblings, brother/sister-in-law, aunt/uncle, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">Employee</span>. It is a person who lives in the dwelling working at the service of its inhabitants and who receives remuneration in money or in kind (food clothes) as nannies, cooks, domestic employees, chauffeurs, gardeners, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">Other non-relative</span>. They are all persons who do not have any relationship with the head of the home. Examples: pensioned (persons who pay for their dwelling and their meals to another member of the dwelling), tenants (persons who only pay for the dwelling), guests (persons who are lodged without pay in a dwelling in the case of spending more than six months living in it), children of domestic employees, etc.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A401"><span class="em">Question No. 27 Relationship with the head of the dwelling</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Take into account the person No. 1 is always the head and because of this is the only box corresponding to head. Mark it.<br /><br />Starting with person No. 2 many boxes appear. Mark the corresponding box, taking into account the relationship written down in the square of question 25.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's relationship to the head of the household.
Universe
Colombia 1985: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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