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CRI_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Shared headship (CR2011A_SHAREHD)

Data file: CRI2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 242
End: 242
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
<span class="em">Question 4: Shared headship</span></p>

<p>4. [] If the headship of the household is shared by the couple, mark here.</p>

<p>You should only mark this in the case that the informant has expressed that in this household the headship is shared by the couple. If the person does not make any comment regarding this, do not mark this option.</p>

<p>Independently of whether or not the situation presents itself, the family structure is established with respect to the person that is indicated in the first row of the list, "Person No. 01." So that, if in the household there is shared headship with the partner, ask the</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 133]</span></p>

<p>informant to offer the name of either of the people considered heads of the household, and explain that you start the list of people of the household with one of them.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether there are two or more heads in the household.
Universe
Costa Rica 2011: Private dwellings [discrepancies: type I none; type II 92.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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