Federal Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1990

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CHE_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Household status (relationship) (CH1990A_RELATE)

Data file: CHE1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 178

End: 178

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CH90A413"><span class="em">7. Position in household</span><br />Indicate your position in the household:<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Head of household</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1.1 Husband, wife, common-law husband/ wife<br />[] 1.2 Other head of household</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 2 Relative of head of household</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 2.1 Son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law<br />[] 2.2 Father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law<br />[] 2.3 Brother, sister<br />[] 2.4 Other relatives of head of household</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Other position in household</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 3.1 Other position in household (e.g. domestic help, foster child, boarder, unrelated joint tenant)</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Head of household; spouse (partner) of head
2	Son, daughter, stepchild or child-in-law
3	Father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law
4	Other relatives
5	Other persons in household
6	Personnel in collective dwelling
7	Retirees in collective dwelling
8	Other persons in collective dwelling

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 relationship of the person to the head of household.

Universe

Switzerland 1990: All persons

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Concept

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