Population and Housing census 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1999

Get Microdata

Reference ID

KEN_1999_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

Sep 29, 2011

Last modified

Mar 29, 2019

Page views

13572

Downloads

724

Father alive (KE1999A_0413)

Data file: KEN1999-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 174

End: 174

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Ophanhood:

P-20. Is [the respondent's] father alive?

Mark X in the appropriate box

[] Y Yes
[] N No
[] DK Don't know

Categories

Value	Category
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

Columns P20-21: Orphanhood

79. "Is this person's father/mother alive?"

(a) Tick the box under the appropriate column in respect of the survival status of the respondent's biological father and mother. Note that at times destitute children -are brought up or adopted at a very young age by relatives. Such foster parents should not be considered as the biological parents of the respondent. Please always probe to establish the reality of the situation.

(b) In some cases, a child's father/mother may not be married or living with the mother/father. In this case the mother/father might report that she/he does not know whether the father/mother of her child is alive or dead. In this case mark an "X" in the box for 'don't know'. You must always probe to ensure you obtain the most satisfactory answer.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person's father is alive or not.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Back to Catalog