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Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 1996 - 2996
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LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Pigs (LS1996A_PIGS)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 160
End: 160
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section F. Housing characteristics and household possessions</span></p>

<p>47. Pigs</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="h3">6. Part F of the questionnaire (housing)</span></p>

<p>149. Column 41: Fields and Livestock.
<br />Circle 2 No, if the household does not possess the fields and the specified type of livestock.
<br />Fields</p>

<p>150. Ask of the head of the household about the ownership of fields by members of the household. Include in this, fields fallowed for a continuous period of under 5 years, but exclude those left fallow for over five years.
<br />Ask of the head or other knowledgeable member of the household if the household has the specified categories of livestock, even those kept at the cattle posts. Both adult and young stock should be listed. Include stock <span class="lang">"mafisad" </span>into the household but exclude <span class="lang">"mafisad" </span>out to other households. Thus all stock kept by the household regardless of ownership should be deemed as owned.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household owns any pigs.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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