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Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2006
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LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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First spouse alive (LS2006A_SPLIVE)

Data file: LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 231
End: 231
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section B. List of household members </span></p>

<p>8. Is (the respondent's) first or only spouse alive? </p>
<div class="i1">[Asked of those coded 2-6 in Question 6.]<br /><br />[] 1 Alive <br />[] 2 Not alive <br />[] 8 Not applicable <br />[] 9 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Alive
2 Not alive
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="h2">Part B of the questionnaire</span>
<br />For all persons</p>

<p>8. Column 8: If ever married, is first or only spouse still alive?</p>
<div class="i1">Please code the response according to the list of codes given. Enter 8 if person was never married. Avoid code 9 'Don't know' if possible. Remember for a person who has been married only once he/she answers for this only spouse; for a person who has been married more than once, the answer is for his/her first spouse.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's first spouse is alive.
Universe
Lesotho 2006: Ever married persons [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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