2008 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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Reference ID

MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Mother alive flag (MW2008A_QMOTHLIV)

Data file: MWI2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 290

End: 290

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

P14. Parental survivorship and residence</p>
<div class="i1">Is [the respondent's] natural mother alive?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Don't know</div><div class="i1">If alive, does [the respondent's] natural mother live in this household?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><div class="i1">Is [the respondent's] natural father alive?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Don't know</div><div class="i1">If alive, does [the respondent's] natural father live in this household?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
	No imputation
1	Logical imputation (from blank)
2	Logical imputation (non-blank)
3	Hot deck imputation (from blank)
4	Hot deck imputation (non-blank)

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 flag for whether the mother is still alive.

Universe

Malawi 2008: All persons

concept

Concept

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