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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Respondent's relationship to HH head (C_RELATE)

Data file: BEN1996-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 262
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
3) RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: What is the relationship of (NAME) to the head of the household?

HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD 01
WIFE OR HUSBAND 02
SON OR DAUGHTER 03
SON-IN-LAW OR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 04
GRANDCHILD 05
PARENT 06
MOTHER-IN-LAW OR FATHER-IN-LAW 07
BROTHER OR SISTER 08
CO-SPOUSE 09
OTHER RELATIVE 10
ADOPTED CHILD 11
FOSTER CHILD 12
NOT RELATED 13
DON'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
01 Head
02 Wife
03 Daughter or son
04 Daughter- or son-in-law
05 Grandchild
06 Mother or father
07 Parent-in-law
08 Sister or brother
09 Co-spouse
10 Adopted/foster/step child
11 Adopted/foster child
12 Stepchild
20 Other relative
21 Niece or nephew by blood
22 Niece or nephew by marriage
23 Niece or nephew unspecified
24 Sibling-in-law
25 Aunt or uncle
26 Grandparent
30 Nonrelative
31 Domestic servant/employee
32 Herdboy
97 Don't know
98 Missing
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
RELATE (V150) reports the woman's relationship to the head of the household, based on a question in the household questionnaire.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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