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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Mother alive (H_MOTHERALIVE)

Data file: IND2005-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 188
End: 188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SURVIVORSHIP AND RESIDENCE OF BIOLOGICAL PARENTS. IF AGE 0-17 YEARS:

13. Does (NAME)'s natural mother live in this household or did she stay here last night?
IF YES: What is her name? RECORD MOTHER'S LINE NUMBER.
IF NO: Is she alive? IF DEAD, RECORD '95'.
IF ALIVE BUT NOT LISTED IN THE HOUSEHOLD, RECORD '00'.

LINE NO. _______
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
For household members under a cut-off age (varying across samples), MOTHERALIVE (HV111) indicates whether the person's mother is still alive.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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