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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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Sex (LS1996A_SEX)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section B. For all persons </span></p>

<p>6. Is (the respondent) male or female?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Male<br />[] 2 Female</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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">2. Part B of questionnaire</span>
<br />(Questionnaire concerning the individual members of the household) the questions are marked by numbers to be read from left to right.</p>

<p>The first two columns must be completed before entries are made anywhere else in the questionnaire.</p>

<p>111. Column 6 Sex
<br />Use the codes given to indicate whether each member of the household is male or female
<br />Code 1 if male Code 2 if female

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the sex of the person.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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