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General Household Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2007
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NGA_2006_GHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Relationship to head (NG2006A_0402)

Data file: NGA2006-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 154
End: 155
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Part B: Person(s) present in household (for all persons who slept in this household last night)


1. Relationship to head

[] 1 Head
[] 2 Spouse
[] 3 Own child
[] 4 Step child
[] 5 Grand child
[] 6 Brother/sister
[] 7 Niece/nephew
[] 8 Brother/sister-in-law
[] 9 Parent
[] 10 Parent-in-law
[] 11 Other relative
[] 12 Maid/nanny/house servant
[] 13 Non-relative
Categories
Value Category
1 Head
2 Spouse
3 Own child
4 Step child
5 Grand child
6 Brother or sister
7 Niece or nephew
8 Brother- or sister-in-law
9 Parent
10 Parent-in-law
11 Other relative
12 Maid, nanny or house servant
13 Non-relative
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
Col. 1: Relationship to head:
The first column should always be coded (01) since the head of the household should always be listed in the first column, regardless of whether or not the head is present at the time of interview, each household must have one and only one head. Other members should be identified in one of thirteen categories.

How each member listed in the household is related to the head of the household should be indicated against each person's name in column 1. Where there are more than one wife in the household, the first wife will

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be listed first, followed by her children and then the second wife, followed by her children in that order.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person?s relationship to the household head.
Universe
All persons

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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