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IX Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1980. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1980
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BRA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Mother is living (BR1980A_MOMALIVE)

Data file: BRA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR80A410"><span class="h3">10. Have living mother</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 yes<br />[] 3 no<br />[] 5 don't know</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Respondent did not know
9 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="BR80A410"><span class="h3">Question 10 - Mother is alive</span><br /><br />Mark, as the case may be:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Yes</span> - when the person's mother is living;<br /><span class="em">No</span> - when the person's mother is deceased; or<br /><span class="em">Does not know</span> - when the person does not know if his or her mother is alive or not.</div><br />For census purposes, the enumerated person's stepmother, adoptive mother or foster mother should not be considered mother.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies whether or not the person's mother is still living.
Universe
Brazil 1980: All persons

concept

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