Census of Population of Ireland 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981

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IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Relationship (IE1981A_0401)

Data file: IRL1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 169

End: 169

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Q.3 Relationship to head of household _______

Write "Head", Husband", "Wife", Son", "Daughter", Visitor", "Patient", "Employee", etc. as appropriate.

Question 3: Relationship to the head of household

(i) Anyone in a private household whose usual residence is elsewhere should be described as "visitor", whether related to the head of the household or not.
(ii) For persons in hotels, hospitals or other institutions write "Employee", "Guest", "Patient", "Inmate", etc., as appropriate.

Categories

Value	Category
1	Head 1st family
2	Spouse 1st family
3	Child 1st family
4	Head 2nd family
5	Spouse 2nd family
6	Child 2nd family
7	Head or spouse 3rd family
8	Child 3rd family
9	Visitor, other relative, or nonrelative

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

Q.3: Relationship to head of household
Note that any adult either male or female of a private household, present on Census night may be returned as head answering as the household members consider appropriate. Of the term "joint head" is used accept this without questioning provided the relationship with the other members is clear. The description "Visitor" must be used at Question 3 for a person whose usual residence is elsewhere (see question 11) even though he/she may be related to the head of the household.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's relationship to the head of household.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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