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Population Census 1996

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Mother still alive (motheral)

Data file: SA Census 1996 Person_v01

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 8
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Household questionnaire: Q14.1 Is (the person’s) own mother still alive?

Personal questionnaire: Q14.1 Is this person’s own mother still alive?

Special enumeration questionnaire: Not included
Categories
Value Category
1 Mother Alive
2 Mother not alive
3 Don't know
8 N/A: Institution
9 Unspecified
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 reflects whether or not the enumerated person's mother is still alive
Universe
All persons enumerated on household and personal questionnaires at night between Wednesday 9 October and Thursday 10 October 1996.

Others

Notes
In order for users to be able to derive adult mortality information, questions were included to determine for each person whether their biological mother and biological father were still alive. As the respondent may not know whether the person’s parents are still living, allowance was made for responses of ‘Don’t know’.

Interviewer’s instructions clarified that the questions referred to the person’s biological parents.
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