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2008 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Sex (MW2008A_SEX)

Data file: MWI2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MW08A499 MW08A500 MW08A003 MW08A403 MW08A405 MW08A460 MW08A478 MW08A406 MW08A461 MW08A479 MW08A407 MW08A408 MW08A481 MW08A482 MW08A483 MW08A480 MW08A462 MW08A410 MW08A411 MW08A412 MW08A463 MW08A464 MW08A413">[Questions P1-P8 were asked of all persons]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MW08A406 MW08A461 MW08A479">P3. Is [the respondent] male or female?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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 person's sex.
Universe
Malawi 2008: All persons

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